Cryptic crossword clue
Sooty tries to pinch recipe for traditional nursery pie filling 10

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word BLACKBIRDS

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The straight part
We know that "traditional nursery pie filling/traditional nursery pie filling" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case traditional nursery pie filling/traditional nursery pie filling = blackbirds.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does BLACKBIRDS mean?

BLACKBIRDS noun
  1. A common true thrush, Turdus merula, found in woods and gardens over much of Eurasia, and introduced elsewhere.
  2. A variety of New World birds of the family Icteridae (26 species of icterid bird).
  3. (among slavers and pirates) A native of the South Pacific islands.
BLACKBIRDS verb
  1. To enslave someone, especially through chicanery or force

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