If returning at midnight, there's not a lot to eat (3)
I believe the answer is:
fig
'not a lot to eat' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'if returning at midnight' is the wordplay.
'returning' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'at' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'midnight' becomes 'g' (the middle letter in 'night').
'if' written backwards gives 'fi'.
'fi'+'g'='FIG'
'there's' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for fig that I've seen before include "This leaf may conceal nudity in art" , "Tree whose leaf may cover nudity" , "Fruit full of tiny seeds" , "Soft sweet fruit of broad-leaved tree" , "Kind of tree in effigy" .)