The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SUPPER
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result SUPPER
- First helping of pudding in excellent meal
- One drinks or one eats it
- Drinker‘s snack?
- Meal is excellent, quietly eaten
- Meal, excellent, quietly consumed
- Perfect starter in fabulous meal
- Excellent meal with pressure gone
- Penny tucked into exceptionally good meal
- Son has stimulant after meal
- Source of protein in excellent meal
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What does SUPPER mean?
SUPPER noun- Food consumed before going to bed.
- Any meal eaten in the evening; dinner eaten in the evening, rather than at noon.
- A meal from a chip shop consisting of a deep-fried food with chips.
- To consume a snack before retiring.
- To eat dinner (see above).
- A drinker, especially one who drinks slowly (i.e., one who sups).