The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word MOUSETRAP
I've seen this crossword clue in The Sunday Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result MOUSETRAP
- Working method Pasteur devised for cheese
- Map routes all round Cheddar?
- Cheap cheese initially appetising: puts more out
- Plan to cover place in our mouldy cheese
- Quiet person chops Cheddar cheese
- A super tom around? Maybe this isn’t needed then!
- Opera must beat long-running play
- Timid person tentatively starting to blame inferior cheese
- Cheese and port amuse in a salad
- Put in mouth after short time, consume inferior cheese
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The straight part
We know that "inferior cheese" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case inferior cheese = mousetrap.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 MOUSETRAP mean?
MOUSETRAP noun- A device for capturing or killing mice and other rodents.
- A website designed to open another copy of itself when the user tries to close the webpage. Frequently used by advertisers and pornographers.
- Ordinary, everyday cheese.
- A slice of bread or toast topped with cheese and then grilled or microwaved.
- An antisubmarine rocket used mainly during World War II by the US Navy and US Coast Guard.
- To trap; to trick or fool (someone) into a bad situation.
- To prevent (the user) from leaving a website by opening another copy when it is closed.