The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word RICOTTA
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More clues leading to the result RICOTTA
- Dairy product a girl takes in bed
- Disturbance leading to cheers after receiving first of cream cheese
- Girl eating a little cottage cheese
- Cheese and some apricot taken
- Soft cheese a woman takes in bed
- Filling for calamari - cottage cheese
- Cheese: actor appearing upset with it
- Firm and dry in receding current, one brought on board?
- Soft cheese actor spread with it
- Soft cheese where little kipper could be devoured by girl
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The straight part
We know that "cheese" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case cheese = ricotta.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 RICOTTA mean?
RICOTTA noun- A soft Italian unsalted whey cheese resembling cottage cheese.