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AMartinP | 14:39 Sun 08th Jul 2018 | Crosswords
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8d: Basic food for soldiers identified by rank: ro*t*; 14a: Peacock's name (not the first) for duck: **ve. Any help gratefully received.
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14 Love, duck.
8d: ROOTY, two defs ('Basic food for soldiers', 'rank') - see Chambers
14a: Reference is to (Thomas LOVE) Peacock - his second name. 'not the first'
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….which would make 9d root*: ?roots, but I can't see why; can anybody, please, also explain the wordplay for 14a...…, as I'm stumped by that, too.
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Thank you both very much for the explanations.

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