The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word RIGATONI
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More clues leading to the result RIGATONI
- Stimulant mostly taken after capital pasta
- Pasta, port, and no end of fizzy drink
- Equipment: a large amount I needed for pasta
- Pasta to supply a boost, mainly
- Equipment engaged in working one type of extruded tubes
- Fix a drink, wanting cold dish from Italy
- Pasta cook visiting Italy to adopt cooking
- European capital with endless drink and pasta
- Pasta: half of parmigiano’s sprinkled with it, right?
- Cook given a so-called award for pasta
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The straight part
We know that "Pasta" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case pasta = rigatoni.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 RIGATONI mean?
RIGATONI noun- A ribbed tubular form of pasta, larger than penne but with square-cut ends, often slightly curved.