The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word RASHER
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result RASHER
- More wildly adventurous food
- More wild / pig meat for breakfast?
- Bacon‘s getting increasingly hot-headed
- Breakfast item, more premature
- Bacon slice monarch spots first
- Spots the Queen making something to eat
- Hush and hesitation after artist represents Bacon
- A bit of a fry up is not so wise
- More thoughtless brass there ignoring outsiders
- Part of soap-opera’s hero is a bit of a pig
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The straight part
We know that "taking less care" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case taking less care = rasher.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does RASHER mean?
RASHER adjective- Acting too quickly without considering the risks and consequences; not careful; hasty.
- So dry as to fall out of the ear with handling, as corn.
- Requiring sudden action; pressing; urgent.
- Fast-acting.
- A strip of bacon.
- To cut into rashers.