The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word CALZONE
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More clues leading to the result CALZONE
- Pizza dish from region east of Golden State
- Charlie, unaccompanied, eating unknown Italian food
- Pizza from area east of Golden State
- Italian food from an area of The Golden State?
- Folded part of Italian menu roughly over pound section
- Skirting unknown circuit following learner, stick fuel in Capri?
- Gents or ladies around Lazio regularly start to eat this?
- Staff allowed Latin wizard to return with a dish
- Approximately large section of pizza
- Food around Lazio once, regularly missed
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The straight part
We know that "Italian food" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case italian food = calzone.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 CALZONE mean?
CALZONE noun- A baked Italian turnover made of pizza dough and stuffed with cheese and other toppings.