The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word ENDIVE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result ENDIVE
- Salad ingredient in Parisian drinking-den
- Leaves tip — fiver's inside
- Tip I have cut for salad plant
- Plant that might be put in joint
- Vegetable I have to put on tip
- Tip: one has to be cut for a salad ingredient
- Vegetable seen in middle of bendy river
- Vegetable dip served after enjoyable starters
- Leaves to eat in French bar of ill-repute
- Leaves new video endlessly playing
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The straight part
We know that "Leaves" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case leaves = endive.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 ENDIVE mean?
ENDIVE noun- A leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia, which is often confused with common chicory (Cichorium intybus).