The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 plus 3 plus 5 letter word FISH AND CHIPS
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result FISH AND CHIPS
- Fine spinach dish? Unfortunately — not!
- Is worker getting scraps after fine supper?
- Dish with notches on angle
- Almost fine dish chaps fried for traditional food
- Provided in turn, in vessels, hot and cold food
- Fellow serving spinach dish for dinner maybe
- Distraught chap finds his newspaper no longer covers this
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "newspaper no longer covers this" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case newspaper no longer covers this = fish and chips.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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