The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word PALATABLE
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result PALATABLE
- A food offered to friend is nice to eat
- Pleasant friend getting a place in restaurant
- Good to take in friend and propose housing area
- Good to eat food after knocking back a drink
- Pleasant friend one put forward
- Agreeable friend with a place to eat
- Savoury food after a lick, thrown up
- Real friend gets restaurant reservation
- Friend has a supply of food that’s tasty
- Delicious chum on a menu
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The straight part
We know that "Savoury" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case savoury = palatable.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 PALATABLE mean?
PALATABLE adjective- Pleasing to the taste, tasty.
- Tolerable, acceptable.