The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word HAGGIS
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More clues leading to the result HAGGIS
- Long to return carrying silver dish with piping
- Scottish dish, good one, consumed by ugly old women
- Moan about having to guard silver dish
- Dish served piping? Charming woman serving Americans
- Crone serving Americans food often accompanied by piped 25
- Savoury pudding crony fails to finish?
- Witches, soldier included in something distinctly Scottish
- Among makers of awful gruel, American serving regional dish
- Sleep with soldier, putting head down for a sausage?
- A child’s horse is into his food
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The straight part
We know that "Scottish dish" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case scottish dish = haggis.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does HAGGIS mean?
HAGGIS noun- A traditional Scottish dish made from minced sheep offal with oatmeal and spices, etc., originally boiled in the stomach of a sheep but now often in an artificial casing, and usually served with neeps and tatties (mashed swede and potatoes) and accompanied with whisky.
- One who has participated in a hajj.
- A Muslim or Arab.