The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word NANTUCKET
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More clues leading to the result NANTUCKET
- Granny gets food, eating trout for starters somewhere in Massachusetts
- Island in North America needing fishing equipment to catch food
- A number with food in bag leaving Cape Cod resort
- 6 Granny gets food, eating trout for starters somewhere in Massachusetts
- . Grandma to push tent regularly in American island
- One carrying food in bag to an island resort
- Grandma eats some edible root finally in American island
- New England island article fit snugly inside mesh
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The straight part
We know that "American island" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case american island = nantucket.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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