The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 12 letter word MULLIGATAWNY
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More clues leading to the result MULLIGATAWNY
- Liquid lunch? Ugly lawman tipsy with it
- At will, any mug can be prepared for soup
- Soup Ingmar regularly sampled in island port
- Turning bad in cup, a yellowish-brown soup
- Retiring sick, tucked into beaker with a brownish soup
- Consider American serving up a brown spicy dish
- Turning sickly in cup, a yellowish-brown soup
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The straight part
We know that "Liquid lunch" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case liquid lunch = mulligatawny.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 MULLIGATAWNY mean?
MULLIGATAWNY noun- An Indian soup having a meat base and curry seasoning.