The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word VIAND
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result VIAND
- Food item with rocket on top
- Food item with rocket served first
- Half a dozen with tasty dish
- Food from Italy in vehicle before start of delivery
- Brought up daughter with mostly simplistic food
- Found item of food by way of starting new dish
- Start to diet after rejecting mostly simple, old-fashioned fare
- Through North Germany to get a loaf of bread, maybe?
- Food comes through New Delhi
- One in vehicle gets dates at first for food
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The straight part
We know that "Food item" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case food item = viand.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.
What does VIAND mean?
VIAND noun- An item of food eaten with rice.