Catch a flier briefly returning meal (7)

Independent Cryptic #12239 | 19 Across | 2025-12-30
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

NAIL (=catch, secure) + A + TI <t> (=”flier”, i.e. bid; “briefly” means last letter is dropped); “returning” indicates reversal; cf. We’re going out for an Italian on Saturday

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