The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word TAGINE
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result TAGINE
- Moroccan dish with name in English
- Eating stews — this being one of them?
- African dish put away, returned filled with drink
- Eating out, having this?
- Fancy eating some African food?
- Doctor eating a dish that sounds moreish?
- Cook eating North African dish
- Eating out, it’s on the menu
- Giant eastern stew pot
- Messily eating African stew
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The straight part
We know that "African food" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case african food = tagine.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 TAGINE mean?
TAGINE noun- An earthenware cooking pot of North African origin, consisting of a shallow, round dish without handles and a tall, conical or dome-shaped lid.
- (by extension) A stew, originally from Morocco, the ingredients of which are traditionally cooked slowly in such a pot; the dish is normally served with couscous.