The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word DUMPLING
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More clues leading to the result DUMPLING
- Leave fish ball accompanying stew
- Drop swimmer as he’s short and fat?
- Drop fish in doughy dish
- Offload fish in food parcel
- Throw out fish pudding
- Dispose of fish food
- Chuck fish into ball of dough
- Give up fish for stodgy food
- Chucking around large and small ball
- Illegally getting rid of items — around 50 — to get some dough?
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The straight part
We know that "food" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case food = dumpling.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 DUMPLING mean?
DUMPLING noun- A ball of dough that is cooked and may have a filling and/or additional ingredients in the dough.
- (familiar) A term of endearment.
- (mildly) A piece of excrement.