Cook burned a lot — no square meals here? (5,5)

From Times Cryptic 29528, 12D

12D — Cook burned a lot — no square meals here? (5,5) — ROUND TABLE

  • Definition
    Definition found: 'no square meals here?' — 'no square meals here?' is the definition — it sits at one end of the clue, as definitions always do.
  • Indicator
    Indicator found: 'Cook'
  • Operation
    'Cook' signals a anagram operation
  • Fodder
    Fodder: 'burned a lot'
  • Assembly
    BURNED + A + LOT > BURNEDALOT = ROUNDTABLE

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