The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 plus 6 plus 3 letter word RHODE ISLAND RED
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More clues leading to the result RHODE ISLAND RED
- Chicken order is handled poorly
- I handled orders badly, being chicken
- Free ranger in Providence?
- Chicken dish Leonard cooked with ginger
- Chicken that’s sat on, we hear — one’s come down looking embarrassed
- State colour required for layer
- Chicken handlers do dire manoeuvres
- American bird orders idle hand around
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The straight part
We know that "Chicken" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case chicken = rhode island red.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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