The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 plus 5 letter word PACKED LUNCH
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More clues leading to the result PACKED LUNCH
- Portable food didn’t have drink for Spooner
- Ready meal needed batter, as Spooner might have said?
- Meal that, for Spooner, needed something alcoholic
- Meal had no impact? First items should be switched
- Spooner’s had little bite in food prepared for excursion, perhaps
- Fare in container producing sign of overeating around fancy deck by lake
- “Picnic food wasn't spicy” said Spooner
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "Meal" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case meal = packed lunch.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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