### Clue: Bowl-like containers and pots often smeared with sauce (7)
### Answer: TEACUPS 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Bowl-like containers
 **Anagram of**(… smeared …) [ **the 1st and 3rd letters of**(… often – a somewhat vague indicator if you didn't already know the answer) "pots" **plus**(with) SAUCE ].
And surely the anagram indicator is misplaced in the midst of the fodder?