Magenta and Ted vow to order basic meal (4,3,3,3)
I believe the answer is:
meat and two veg
'basic meal' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.
'magenta and ted vow to order' is the wordplay.
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'to order' is an anagram indicator.
'ted'+'vow'='tedvow'
'magenta' put after 'tedvow' is 'tedvowmagenta'.
'tedvowmagenta' is an anagram of 'MEAT AND TWO VEG'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for meat and two veg that I've seen before include "Want gate moved (anag) - a meal" , "Move wanted tag (anag) - lunch dish" .)