Vegetable produce staff put higher up (9)
I believe the answer is:
mangetout
'vegetable' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'staff put higher up' is the wordplay.
'staff' becomes 'man' (as in staffing or manning a particular place).
'put' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'higher up' becomes 'getout' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'man'+'getout'='MANGETOUT'
'produce' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for mangetout that I've seen before include "Type of pea" , "Sugar peas" , "Edible pea pods" , "Vegetable" , "something on the plate" .)