Liberally 1D around whiskey, ice and coke for starters - fairly typical lunch (8)
I believe the answer is:
sandwich
'fairly typical lunch' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both things that one consumes for nourishment as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'liberally 1d around whiskey ice and coke for starters' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'1d' could be 'd' and 'd' is present in the answer.
'around' could be 'c' (abbreviation for 'circa') and 'c' is present in the answer.
'whiskey' could be 'w' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.) and 'w' is found in the answer.
'and' could be 'n' (common abbreviation for 'and') and 'n' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sandwich that I've seen before include "Two slices with something in between" , "in which food is provided between rounds" , "Snack named for a lord" , "See 14" , "The snack might result in bad chin wads" .)