When upset, youth leaves for lunch? (5)
I believe the answer is:
salad
'for lunch?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both things that one consumes for nourishment as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'when upset youth' is the wordplay.
'when' becomes 'as'.
'upset' is a reversal indicator.
'youth' becomes 'lad' (I've seen this before).
'as' reversed gives 'sa'.
'sa'+'lad'='SALAD'
'leaves' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for salad that I've seen before include "See 22" , "Cold vegetable dish" , "Cold dish of veg and herbs" , "Mainly raw cold dish" , "Lettuce, cucumber etc" .)