The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word PORK
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More clues leading to the result PORK
- Bit of rump or knuckle: dinner for the carnivore?
- Starter of prawns as alternative to king’s meat
- Ultimately keep to leaner dark meat
- Choice of ends for peacock meat
- /14 Ending in bar, various packs or bags – items containing little taste of crackling?
- Lie in certain position round top of head? It does
- Lid for a kipper, hot after cooking
- Meat and drink mostly served to king
- Meat for Spanish King
- Kung Fu Panda gets red kale, for starters, and pig-meat
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The straight part
We know that "dinner for the carnivore" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case dinner for the carnivore = pork.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 PORK mean?
PORK noun- The meat of a pig; swineflesh.
- Funding proposed or requested by a member of Congress for special interests or his or her constituency as opposed to the good of the country as a whole.
- (usually of a male) To have sex with (someone).