Sugary confection in course preceding lamb perhaps (9)
I believe the answer is:
sweetmeat
'sugary confection' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'course preceding lamb perhaps' is the wordplay.
'course' becomes 'sweet' (sweet is a kind of course**).
'preceding' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'lamb perhaps' becomes 'meat' (lamb is a kind of meat).
'sweet'+'meat'='SWEETMEAT'
'in' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for sweetmeat that I've seen before include "fancy cake?" , "It may be sucked" , "Former item of confectionery" , "dessert" , "Food item with sugar" .)