Vegetarian fare for an athlete? (6,4)
I believe the answer is:
runner bean
'vegetarian' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how they can define each other.
'fare for an athlete?' is the wordplay.
'fare' becomes 'bean' (bean is a kind of food).
'for' means one lot of letters go next to another (I've seen this in other clues).
'an athlete?' becomes 'runner' (type of athlete).
'bean' put after 'runner' is 'RUNNER BEAN'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for runner bean that I've seen before include "One trained" , "Green vegetable" , "climber" , "Food item" .)