Taste endless meal, but no starter, in club (9)
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I believe the answer is:
truncheon
'club' is the definition.
(type of weapon)
'taste endless meal but no starter' is the wordplay.
'taste' becomes 'try' (try can mean to taste some food).
'endless' means to remove the last letter.
'meal' becomes 'luncheon' (luncheon is a kind of meal).
'but no starter' means to remove the first letter.
'try' with its last letter taken away is 'tr'.
'luncheon' with its initial letter taken away is 'uncheon'.
'tr'+'uncheon'='TRUNCHEON'
'in' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for truncheon that I've seen before include "Police weapon" , "Cosh" , "Police baton" , "Police staff" , "Policeman's traditional weapon" .)