The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word GNOCCHI
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More clues leading to the result GNOCCHI
- Rising in heat, chilli coolish initially on good Italian dish
- Service head devouring new Greek character's food
- Good Greek character penning study about Italian food
- Poor coaching’s put off ace — they may be in the soup
- After study put up companion in private Italian course
- No good getting upset over church in central Italy initially providing Italian cuisine
- Italian food, craft gin and endless chocs
- Rotten coaching without a reference to Italian food
- Coaching cooking, tossing out a dish
- Typical primo/starter for Cheech and Chong, going out to get Italian
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The straight part
We know that "food" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case food = gnocchi.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.
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What does GNOCCHI mean?
GNOCCHI noun- Italian pasta-like dumplings made of potato or semolina.