After end of jog, before start of ablutions, Everyman's smelling like old meat (4)
I believe the answer is:
gamy
'like old meat' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'after end of jog before start of ablutions everyman's' is the wordplay.
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'end of' says to take the final letters.
'before' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'start of' says to take the initial letters.
'everyman's' becomes 'my' (where the crossword setter is 'Everyman').
The final letter of 'jog' is 'g'.
The initial letter of 'ablutions' is 'a'.
'g'+'a'='ga'
'ga'+'my' is 'GAMY'.
'smelling' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. It may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for gamy that I've seen before include "high" , "Plucky" , "Strongly flavoured" .)