The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word SANDWICH
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More clues leading to the result SANDWICH
- Type of course where golf played
- With German setter on beach briefly, somewhere in Kent
- Opponents in charge of hospital food
- Plane that sounds like a submarine perhaps?
- … but leaving one out of picnic is not so bright
- Quick meal in Kentish Town
- Snack with traditional jam providers brought into school
- Insert links here
- Jam – might that be in one?
- Smooth sorceress with no time for quick snack?
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The straight part
We know that "food" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case food = sandwich.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 SANDWICH mean?
SANDWICH noun- A dish or foodstuff where two or more slices of bread serve as the wrapper or container of some other food.
- (by extension) Any combination formed by layering one type of material between two layers of some other material.
- A layer cake or sandwich cake.
- To place one item between two other, usually flat, items
- To put or set something between two others, in time.
- Of a meal or serving size that is smaller than a dinner.