The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word NOODLES
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result NOODLES
- Pasta dish ultimately eaten a lot
- Initially not very much Chinese food
- Top soprano initially improvises
- Far Eastern food, loads under chin in the end
- Gulls, unspecified number, lots
- Fools taken in at Chinese restaurant?
- Casually plays with food
- Geese start to nibble lots
- 14 Name for lots of strips of pasta
- Food ending on bun, hundreds and thousands
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "Gulls" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case gulls = noodles.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 NOODLES mean?
NOODLES noun- (usually in the plural) a string or strip of pasta
- A person with poor judgement; a fool
- The brain, the head
- A pool noodle
- To think or ponder.
- To fiddle, play with, or mess around.
- To improvise music.
- To fish (usually for very large catfish) without any equipment other than the fisherman's own body
- To fossick, especially for opals.