Stuffing cod, say, work with a bit of pasta like macaroni (7)
I believe the answer is:
foppish
'stuffing cod say work with a bit of pasta like macaroni' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'stuffing cod say work with a bit of pasta' is the wordplay.
'stuffing' indicates putting letters inside.
'cod say' becomes 'fish' (cod is a kind of fish).
'work with' becomes 'op' (abbreviation for opus. I am not sure about the 'with' bit.).
'a bit of' says to take the initial letters.
The first letter of 'pasta' is 'p'.
'op'+'p'='opp'
'fish' placed around 'opp' is 'FOPPISH'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for foppish that I've seen before include "Excessively concerned with fashion and elegance" , "Affected" , "Dandyish" , "Dandified" , "of the Dandy" .)