The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word EGGS
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result EGGS
- Clutch engages only intermittently
- Spurs for example start on goal with Son finishing
- For example, gamekeepers gutted to see what poachers do?
- Spurs? We can have them for breakfast!
- Encourages people to be regarded as good or bad?
- Are they before or after chickens?
- Contents of clutch bag finally found in, say, front of skip
- Breakfast for one – guests cleared out
- Potential flyers say big words in the end
- Unevenly engages clutch
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The straight part
We know that "Easter gifts gratefully supplied as starters" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case easter gifts gratefully supplied as starters = eggs.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 EGGS mean?
EGGS noun- An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, reptiles, insects and other animals, housing the embryo during its development.
- The egg of a domestic fowl (especially a hen) or its contents, used as food.
- The female primary cell, the ovum.
- Anything shaped like an egg, such as an Easter egg or a chocolate egg.
- A swelling on one's head, usually large or noticeable, associated with an injury.
- (mildly) A Caucasian who behaves as if they were (East) Asian (from being "white" outside and "yellow" inside).
- A foolish or obnoxious person.
- A person, fellow.
- A person who is regarded as having not yet realized they are transgender, has not yet come out, or is in the early stages of transitioning.
- One of the blocks of data injected into a program's address space for use by certain forms of shellcode, such as "omelettes".
- To throw eggs at.
- To dip in or coat with beaten egg.
- To distort a circular cross-section (as in a tube) to an elliptical or oval shape, either inadvertently or intentionally.
- To encourage, incite.