Weep about smoked eel and vegetable (6)
I believe the answer is:
celery
'vegetable' is the definition.
(I know that celery is a type of vegetable)
'weep about smoked eel' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'about' could be 'c' (abbreviation for 'circa') and 'c' is found within the answer.
an anagram of 'eel' is 'ele' which is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'and' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for celery that I've seen before include "Salad plant, in sticks" , "Salad veg" , "Expedition" , "Plant with succulent leaf stalks" , "Stick vegetable" .)