Uses an ingredient but exaggerates (5,1,4,2,2)
I believe the answer is:
makes a meal of it
'exaggerates' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'uses an ingredient' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'an' could be 'i' (Roman numeral for one) and 'i' is found in the answer.
'ingredient' could be 'meal' (meal is a kind of ingredient) and 'meal' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'but' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for makes a meal of it that I've seen is " Exaggerates".)