Person objecting to previous and current things for starters (9)
I believe the answer is:
antipasti
'starters' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'person objecting to previous and current things' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'previous' could be 'past' ('past' can be similar in meaning to 'previous') and 'past' is located in the answer.
'and' could be 'n' (common abbreviation for 'and') and 'n' is present in the answer.
'current' could be 'i' (symbol for electric current) and 'i' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for antipasti that I've seen before include "Italian eats" , "first course" , "that's served in trattoria" , "Italian hors d'oeuvres" , "hors d'oeuvre selection" .)