Cryptic crossword clue
Drink round lake chap’s left for cold meal 10,5

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word PLOUGHMAN

I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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The straight part
We know that "cold meal" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case cold meal = ploughman.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does PLOUGHMAN mean?

PLOUGHMAN noun
  1. A man who plows land with a plough.

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