The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 plus 5 letter word PLOUGHMANS LUNCH
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result PLOUGHMANS LUNCH
- Food for people with shares?
- All munch nosh-up prepared with good pub food
- Punch: gallon served with mush in meal
- Irish pool staff, small and large, getting into party drink and food
- Simple meal for chap who takes a share to work
- Two lakes around isle with sun featured in magazine once — a cheesy concoction?
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "food" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case food = ploughmans lunch.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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