The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word EPICUREAN
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result EPICUREAN
- Pie cooked by French priest, an enjoyer of good food
- Vast human waste with any number devoted to luxury
- Gourmet’s colossal waste ending in bin
- Luxurious Titanic: vessel crossing boundless seas
- I run peace movement for pleasure
- Ruin peace, being terrible person living for good food and drink?
- A nice, pure cocktail for connoisseur
- One takes pleasure putting name on powerful waste chemical
- Pie cooked to fix a northern gourmet
- Ultimately love timeless portrait: “An Old Voluptuary”
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The straight part
We know that "fond of food and wine" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case fond of food and wine = epicurean.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does EPICUREAN mean?
EPICUREAN noun- One who is devoted to pleasure.
- Pursuing pleasure, especially in reference to food or comfort.
- Devoted to luxurious living.