The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word BLINI
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More clues leading to the result BLINI
- Coming round, I love British or Russian food
- Pancakes — bat doesn't finish one
- Russian cakes and odd helpings of Belgian pie [5]
- Pancakes left in bin by yours truly
- Old carmaker in Italy serving Russian orders
- Russian's fare home: one pound to go north
- Pancake day is shunned by visually impaired institute
- I love batter, primarily when flipping pancakes
- Pancake black inside – no good? Scrap it
- Russian food left discarded? Italy going after it
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The straight part
We know that "pancakes" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case pancakes = blini.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does BLINI mean?
BLINI noun- A small pancake, of Russian origin, made from buckwheat flour; traditionally served with melted butter, sour cream and caviar or smoked salmon.