The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word MORTADELLA
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More clues leading to the result MORTADELLA
- Meaty stuff signalled, a trombone part coming up
- Some called at Rome on the way back for Italian food
- Italian sausage made using mostly old meat and lard
- On the way back, called at Rome, partly to get a sausage
- Sausage roll made at Barking
- Lo, lard and meat made into a sausage!
- Sausage meat — dollar spent
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The straight part
We know that "Italian sausage" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case italian sausage = mortadella.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does MORTADELLA mean?
MORTADELLA noun- A smooth-textured Italian pork sausage with lumps of fat, flavoured with spices; eaten cold.