Little Sarah and Edward like some nuts (6)
I believe the answer is:
salted
'like some nuts' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'little sarah and edward' is the wordplay.
'little' means to remove the last letter (the word is not quite complete).
'sarah' becomes 'Sall' (Sally is a common pet form of Sarah).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'edward' becomes 'ted'.
'sall' with its last letter removed is 'sal'.
'sal'+'ted'='SALTED'
(Other definitions for salted that I've seen before include "cured" , "Seasoned, given piquancy; (of meat) preserved" , "Like some nuts" , "Lasted, being preserved" .)