The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word DINED
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More clues leading to the result DINED
- Ate some shortbread in Edinburgh
- Ate in study I’d set up
- Row before editor had a meal
- Row with newspaper boss ended fast?
- Berlin Standard journalist had a meal
- Stand-in editor apparently had supper
- Part of garden I dug over and fed
- Departed around noon, and had a meal
- Ate bite of gizzard — inedible!
- Feasted on dead in bed, after discarding first bite
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The straight part
We know that "Ate" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case ate = dined.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 DINED mean?
DINED verb- To eat; to eat dinner or supper.
- To give a dinner to; to furnish with the chief meal; to feed.
- To dine upon; to have to eat.