The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word PROVENDER
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More clues leading to the result PROVENDER
- Professional salesperson’s alternative spelling for animal feed
- Heading for Portsmouth, rambler will seize last food
- Food bound to be consumed by traveller under pressure
- Food for trader
- One paid US seller for food
- Food‘s tested! Hamburger’s the …
- Dog under piano consumes remnant of food
- Supplies spin round seller in US
- Stock of food established revolutionary communist
- Demonstrated socialist revolutionary food for livestock
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The straight part
We know that "animal feed" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case animal feed = provender.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does PROVENDER mean?
PROVENDER noun- Food, especially for livestock.
- To feed.