The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word HAMPER
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More clues leading to the result HAMPER
- Prevent free movement of covered basket
- Meat for each basket holding food
- Meat and a lot of fancy food as a prize
- Obstruct basket
- Possible sandwich filling for each container of sandwiches, say?
- Cured pork for each basket of food
- Impede bad actor theatre rejected
- Box of fizz unwrapped
- Foil for food container?
- Meat for a picnic container
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The straight part
We know that "basket holding food" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case basket holding food = hamper.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does HAMPER mean?
HAMPER noun- A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles or small animals
- (uncommon except in) A wicker or plastic basket specifically for holding laundry (from clothes hamper), as opposed to a covered wicker basket which is a true hamper
- To put into a hamper.
- A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes.
- Articles ordinarily indispensable, but in the way at certain times.
- To put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle
- To impede in motion or progress.