Me, by a table-top: 'where the F is the spread? (4,5)
I believe the answer is:
meat paste
'the spread?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'me by a table-top 'where the f' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'me' is present in the answer.
'by' could be 'past' (synonyms) and 'past' is located in the answer.
'a' is found in the answer.
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is found in the answer.
A single letter 'e' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'is' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for meat paste that I've seen is " Spread".)