The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word SAVELOY
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More clues leading to the result SAVELOY
- Smoked sausage the Spanish served in cabbage
- Sausage served by the Spanish in a fancy hotel
- Sausage and veal cooked in sauce
- Butcher loves a Yankee sausage
- The Spanish tucked into winter cabbage and sausage
- Removing wrappers to use gas oven, Lloyd prepared food
- English student tucks into cabbage and spicy sausage
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The straight part
We know that "Smoked sausage" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case smoked sausage = saveloy.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 SAVELOY mean?
SAVELOY noun- A seasoned and smoked pork sausage, normally purchased ready-cooked.