Cryptic crossword clue
Fail to put on a stone, after sending up special meals 5

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word DIETS

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The straight part
We know that "special meals" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case special meals = diets.
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What does DIETS mean?

DIETS noun
  1. The food and beverage a person or animal consumes.
  2. A controlled regimen of food and drink, as to gain or lose weight or otherwise influence health.
  3. (by extension) Any habitual intake or consumption.
DIETS verb
  1. To regulate the food of (someone); to put on a diet.
  2. To modify one's food and beverage intake so as to decrease or increase body weight or influence health.
  3. To eat; to take one's meals.
  4. To cause to take food; to feed.
DIETS noun
  1. (usually capitalized as a proper noun) A council or assembly of leaders; a formal deliberative assembly.
  2. A session of exams
  3. The proceedings under a criminal libel.
  4. A clerical or ecclesiastical function in Scotland.

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