The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word PECORINO
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result PECORINO
- Surprisingly porcine, old sheep's cheese
- Porcine jockeys love cheese
- Cheese pie dished up with corn, nothing more
- Cheese and soft, green fruit regularly not out
- Porcine mince on old cheese
- Cheese poor, nice crackers
- New price on old cheese
- I.e. traded in one trillionth of city’s cheese
- Ripen half-cooked processed cheese
- Weirdly porcine, old cheese from sheep
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The straight part
We know that "cheesy stuff" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case cheesy stuff = pecorino.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 PECORINO mean?
PECORINO noun- Any of a family of Italian cheeses made from ewe's milk.