The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word ALIMENTARY
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More clues leading to the result ALIMENTARY
- A line taken by a green conservation group concerning food
- Soldier maybe traversing green, a track and a sort of canal
- Fruit in an assorted tray of food
- A fruit never contains tip-top nutritive
- Terrible meal in tray is nourishing
- Target mouth, swallowing litre and article of food
- Concerned with nutrition, order meal in tray
- Try an alternative after a fruit, it could be nourishing
- These decisions, conveyed by Sherlock Holmes to Dr. Watson at lunchtime might have sounded like his usual observation
- Canal perhaps Swedes pass through?
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The straight part
We know that "a sort of canal" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case a sort of canal = alimentary.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 ALIMENTARY mean?
ALIMENTARY adjective- Of, or relating to food, nutrition or digestion.
- Nourishing; nutritious.