The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word MAYONNAISE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result MAYONNAISE
- A mean noisy sort dressing
- Month one catches girl from East dressing?
- Sauce from Irish county girl rebuffed in northeast
- Cooked boneless meat in a new soy sauce
- County by North Sea, in turmoil
- Dressing prime minister, one is an oddball
- In divine food, last of ruddy duck is served with English sauce
- Asian with money can produce salad dressing
- Blossom indisposed, so Annie’s dressing
- Sauce from Irish county girl raised in north-east
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The straight part
We know that "salad dressing" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case salad dressing = mayonnaise.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does MAYONNAISE mean?
MAYONNAISE noun- A dressing made from vegetable oil, raw egg yolks and seasoning, used on salads, with french fries, in sandwiches etc.
- Any cold dish with that dressing as an ingredient.
- Any cream, for example for moisturizing the face or conditioning the hair, for which the base is egg yolks and oil.