Possible Clues:

• What has been performed about at this for the present
• The learned man ate what you give him
• The learned man swallowed what you give him
• What has this got to do with 2 down?
• How the professor dealt with what he was given to eat (6)
• Give on at the middle of this
• Give to a thrift shop
• Make gift of
• Give zakat, say
• Likewise one was fed for the present