With no one around, I planned to eat nothing (8)
I believe the answer is:
isolated
'with no one' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'i planned to eat nothing' is the wordplay.
'planned' becomes 'slated' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'to eat' indicates putting letters inside.
'nothing' becomes 'o' (looks like zero - 0).
'slated' placed around 'o' is 'solated'.
'i'+'solated'='ISOLATED'
'around' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for isolated that I've seen before include "Alone, apart, detached" , "Without accompaniment" , "Idols ate (anag.)" , "(Left) on one's own" , "Segregated" .)