The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word TIFFIN
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result TIFFIN
- Petty quarrel at home making ex-pat's light midday meal
- Disagreement during meal
- Aroma with allure picked up, imperial food
- Barney gets elected, making a meal of it
- Meal with nasty smell, the thing to send back
- Metal container for one doubly fine light meal
- Spat in midday meal
- Appropriate to return with some fish as a meal
- Quarrel at home making lunch
- Light lunch at home following quarrel
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The straight part
We know that "lunch" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case lunch = tiffin.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does TIFFIN mean?
TIFFIN noun- A (light) midday meal or snack; luncheon.
- A container used to carry a tiffin; tiffin box, tiffin carrier, tiffin container.
- To eat a (light) midday meal or snack.