The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word RISSOLE
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More clues leading to the result RISSOLE
- Rhode Island’s one and only minced meat dish
- Endless danger with only fried food
- Rhode Island's one and only savoury dish?
- Teacher’s upset, being given single meatball
- Come up with cut fish for fried dish
- . Patty is enthralled by rare fish
- Knight rejected fish breadcrumb cake
- Almost chance one and only fried meatball
- Food only provided after danger reduced
- Gentleman returned fish dish
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The straight part
We know that "fried food" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case fried food = rissole.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 RISSOLE mean?
RISSOLE noun- A ball of meat, some variants covered in pastry, which has been fried or barbecued.