The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word TATER
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result TATER
- Royal supporting art gallery — King Edward, perhaps
- Rejecting seconds, one who tries starchy food
- Rubbish written by Her Majesty – or King Edward
- Toast periodically given to King Edward? Could be!
- Restaurant finally put away recipe for common vegetable
- Rubbish monarch? King Edward, for one
- Murphy‘s treat, cooked
- Rubbish queen for King Edward, say
- Spud that’s less hard: I’m not sure
- Such as King Edward’s stateroom? Just part of it
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What does TATER mean?
TATER noun- A potato.
- A home run