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Having docked quickly, he prepared something to eat (6)

Dishes?

Thanks for the help!

Quiche, something to eat. Quick has the last letter removed, its tail cut off, docked and add He, in the clue.

Thank you Malone! I didn't even imagine Quickly could have a 'docked tail'.
So I gather I would have to think really out of the box!

Sorry, Milna, I should have said 'Quickly has its ..' rather than just 'quick'. Using 'docked' for shortened is quite common in crosswords, as is 'detailed', meaning de-tailed, remove the end. There are lots of ordinary words that get used in a slightly different way, to try to catch out the solvers!