The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word MEAL
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More clues leading to the result MEAL
- Supper? Yours truly will have a litre!
- Part of grain provided for breakfast, perhaps
- Edible part of grain for breakfast, say?
- Processed cereal for breakfast, perhaps
- Home Alone’s takeaway, perhaps
- See 1dn.
- Strike the centre of gong for dinner?
- According to Paul Simon you can call … for dinner?
- Daughter failing to make gong for dinner?
- Scoff as article gets penned by Sue’s partner
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The straight part
We know that "Part of grain/breakfast, perhaps" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case part of grain/breakfast, perhaps = meal.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 MEAL mean?
MEAL noun- Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity (as opposed to a snack).
- Food served or eaten as a repast.
- A time or an occasion.
- The coarse-ground edible part of various grains often used to feed animals; flour or a coarser blend than flour.
- To yield or be plentiful in meal.
- A speck or spot.
- A part; a fragment; a portion.
- To defile or taint.