The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word TAPAS
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More clues leading to the result TAPAS
- Starters for those arriving peckish at Seville?
- Get money from a small snack
- Bugle call outside a sort of bar
- Sat around, having eaten old man’s grub
- Spain’s answer to pasta bake?
- Bug-like bites
- Assorted dishes of pasta salad
- Pasta cooked as appetisers
- Cheers dance offering in certain bars
- Thank father and son for savouries
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The straight part
We know that "sort of bar" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case sort of bar = tapas.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 TAPAS mean?
TAPAS noun- A variety of Spanish small food items or snacks, originally served with sherry.
- (by extension) Small food items generally.