The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 plus 2 letter word EAT UP
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More clues leading to the result EAT UP
- In husband’s absence, warm through and polish off
- Warm starter’s left to finish off
- Added rolls after central part of meal – don’t leave any
- Finish your meal with some Costa espressos
- Enid is to put it away
- Entirely consume “repast” – gulp regularly?
- Finish relish
- Finish your food, Enid
- Advice to consumer
- Opium trade regularly brought over gorge
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The straight part
We know that "polish it off" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case polish it off = eat up.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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