Cold and unappetising article in French toast sandwiches (9)
I believe the answer is:
cheerless
'cold' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'article in french toast sandwiches' is the wordplay.
'article in french' becomes 'les' (I've seen this in another clue).
'toast' becomes 'cheers' (I've seen this before).
'sandwiches' indicates putting letters inside (goes on either side like a sandwich).
'les' going inside 'cheers' is 'CHEERLESS'.
'and unappetising' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cheerless that I've seen before include "Gloomy, depressing" , "Dreary" , "Bleak" , "Miserable" , "not hip?" .)