The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word TUREEN
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result TUREEN
- Dish youngster eats sport being over
- Dish mature Englishman carries
- Flog one that’s cracked? It might have served gruel often
- Wooden items include superior serving bowl
- Go to cover drugs with dish
- Deep vessel, vase almost nicked by youth
- It holds soup for two Orientals in turn
- Figure keeping flower in large dish
- Trend to consume edible less filling dish
- Go with internal energy doubled, as one full of soup?
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The straight part
We know that "It holds soup" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case it holds soup = tureen.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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What does TUREEN mean?
TUREEN noun- A broad, deep serving dish used for serving soup or stew.