The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word PASSATA
I've seen this crossword clue in Independent
P
A
S
S
A
T
A
More clues leading to the result PASSATA
- Saucy sort of advance leads to absolutely torrid affair
- Sauce I don’t know at all, edges of label cut off
- Perhaps ravioli stuffed with spamand tomato sauce
- Sauce added principally into Italian food?
- Sauce: it is put into flour dough
- Cheers coming after success with a sauce
- It is put in lasagne, perhaps
- Sauce of amorous advance at American
- Ravioli, for example stuffed with saltimbocca trimmings and tomato sauce
- Salsa’s athletic stompers suddenly appear beginners in tap dance
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "Saucy sort" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case saucy sort = passata.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does PASSATA mean?
PASSATA noun- Sieved raw tomatoes.