The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word PUMPKIN
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More clues leading to the result PUMPKIN
- Grill family vegetable
- Question family getting Halloween decoration
- Force family to produce fruit
- Persistently question family that supplies fruit
- Family after shoe, orange leathery thing
- Fruit turned up by politician with family
- Persistently question family for something you can eat
- 19 Vegetable grill for the family...
- Politician stuffed, throwin' up fruit
- Fruit results in politician breaking into endless vomiting
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The straight part
We know that "Halloween item" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case halloween item = pumpkin.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 PUMPKIN mean?
PUMPKIN noun- A domesticated plant, in species Cucurbita pepo, similar in growth pattern, foliage, flower, and fruit to the squash or melon.
- The round yellow or orange fruit of this plant.
- The color of the fruit of the pumpkin plant.
- Any of a number of cultivars from the genus Cucurbita; known in the US as winter squash.
- A term of endearment for someone small and cute.