The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word PETRI
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More clues leading to the result PETRI
- Bacteriologist favourite with Royal Institution
- Dishy fellow gets some crumpet, right?
- Bacteriologist involved with tripe
- Half turning to stone dish creator
- Man with a signature dish of stewed tripe
- Sort of dish of cooked tripe
- . Dish, say feature of Europe trip
- A setter consumes bar dish
- Favourite American state of bacteriologist
- Favourite Rhode Island sort of dish
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The straight part
We know that "sort of dish" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case sort of dish = petri.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.