The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word CHAPATI
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More clues leading to the result CHAPATI
- Fellow at lunchtime maybe gets a bit of food
- Unleavened bread originally ideal with tea and a little butter
- Bread and some butter included in tea
- Indian side-dish bloke consumed shortly before one
- Exactly right to tuck into tea and bread
- Fella briefly engaged in dodgy activity to make some bread
- Tea’s a bit of butter on one flatbread
- Tea, a little butter, and one piece of bread
- Man essentially fat — it’s his bread
- Bread and tea served on terrace, mostly
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "a bit of food" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case a bit of food = chapati.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 CHAPATI mean?
CHAPATI noun- A flat, unleavened bread from northern India and Pakistan.