Opposed to history before independence, aren’t they appetising? (9)
I believe the answer is:
antipasti
'aren't they appetising?' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'opposed to history before independence' is the wordplay.
'opposed to' becomes 'anti' (I've seen this before).
'history' becomes 'past' (I've seen this before).
'before' says to put letters next to each other.
'independence' becomes 'I'.
'anti'+'past'+'i'='ANTIPASTI'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for antipasti that I've seen before include "Italian diner might offer these" , "first course" , "Italian appetisers" , "Italian food selection" , "Carpaccio and caponata" .)