To some extent, it's a perfect flipping meal (6)
I believe the answer is:
repast
'meal' is the definition.
(repast can mean a meal)
'to some extent it's a perfect flipping' is the wordplay.
'to some extent' indicates a hidden word (I've seen 'extent of' mean this (I've seen this in other clues)).
'flipping' is a reversal indicator.
'tsaper' is hidden in the letters of 'its a perfect'.
'tsaper' written backwards gives 'REPAST'.
(Other definitions for repast that I've seen before include "A meal concerning time gone by" , "A formal sort of meal" , "Banquet" , "Prates about meal" , "lunch?" .)