The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word CONSUME
I've seen this crossword clue in The Sunday Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result CONSUME
- Company introducing various menus — what will diners do?
- Swallow, bird coming up after rook and gull, say?
- Tot in possession of ice cream to get stuck into
- Study birds getting up to eat
- Problem getting in shape, eat!
- Use up ice cream, problem for storage
- Use up whole amount pocketed by cold individual
- Overwhelm cheat with some arithmetic and English
- Eat ice cream? Something tot will tuck into
- Eat whole amount in wafer
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The straight part
We know that "Eat" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case eat = consume.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 CONSUME mean?
CONSUME verb- To use up.
- To eat.
- To completely occupy the thoughts or attention of.
- To destroy completely.
- To waste away slowly.
- To trade money for good or services as an individual.
- To absorb information, especially through the mass media.