The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word WHITEBAIT
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More clues leading to the result WHITEBAIT
- Fry served with milk? Enticing stuff
- Fish: I help, turning and cutting a little piece
- Holiday: fancy a bite? This?
- I wait quaking with ‘Beth Fry
- Fish a bit strange ultimately, a bit odd
- Stand controlling strike and catching live rising fish
- Fry a little morsel, adding shelled peas separately
- Albino mammal circling island for fish
- Fish that’s pale and a bit off
- Fish bite excitedly what I spread outside
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The straight part
We know that "Fry" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case fry = whitebait.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does WHITEBAIT mean?
WHITEBAIT noun- The young of various species of fish, especially herrings, sprats or smelts
- Food prepared from such fish, often deep fried and served as a starter or snack.