The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word MACARONI
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result MACARONI
- Dish seen in fine old dresser
- Dandy in a vehicle on entering motorway
- Lover of fine dressing for pasta
- Rocky Marciano, an Italian dish!
- Italian food carried back by Bedouin, or a Cameroonian
- French leader fed a starter of Italian pasta
- French president’s importing top grade Italian pasta
- A king opening French wine, one getting Italian food
- Reduced chocolate substitute in amazing main dish
- Tubes, many cut in half, wheels on one
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The straight part
We know that "pasta" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case pasta = macaroni.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 MACARONI mean?
MACARONI noun- A type of pasta in the form of short tubes; sometimes loosely, pasta in general.
- A fop, a dandy; especially a young man in the 18th century who had travelled in Europe and who dressed and often spoke in an ostentatiously affected Continental manner.