The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word CHEDDAR
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result CHEDDAR
- Church man has change of heart: that's hard cheese!
- Male theologian trapped in vehicle? Hard cheese!
- Short swirl in cleaner dairy produce
- Caught editor tucking into awfully hard cheese
- Theologian enthralled by church organ in Somerset village
- Dramatic heroine in outskirts of Colmar
- Edward Woodward ultimately tucked into fish and cheese
- Gorge on cheese
- Dread changing after church to get something to eat
- Dad unwisely invested in expensive foreign food
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The straight part
We know that "Gorge/cheese" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case gorge/cheese = cheddar.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 CHEDDAR mean?
CHEDDAR noun- A cheese styled after the Cheddar cheese made in Cheddar.
- Money, cash, currency.
- (cheese making) To cut and press cheese so as to remove the whey and leave drier curds.