Animals after stolen food (3,4)
I believe the answer is:
hot dogs
'food' is the definition.
(hot dogs are a type of food)
'animals after stolen' is the wordplay.
'animals' becomes 'dogs' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'stolen' becomes 'hot' (stolen goods are 'hot').
'dogs' put after 'hot' is 'HOT-DOGS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for hot dogs that I've seen before include "performs tricks in New York" , "Fast food items - sweaty hounds?" .)