The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 plus 5 letter word OSSO BUCCO
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result OSSO BUCCO
- Ring manager about oddly quick cool dish
- Large company outside, so child sent back for Italian food
- Caught copper and superior in middle of room, turning up for stew
- Dish copper stud mounted in old firm
- Head back to university in central Ohio City with semi-cold food
- Heading north, happen largely to manage ordinary Italian dish
- Old company chief recalled origins of unusual cookery company: a meat dish
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The straight part
We know that "Italian food" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case italian food = osso bucco.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.