The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word TENDERLOIN
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result TENDERLOIN
- Steak: hotel dinner cooked without starter
- Cut red linen to different shape
- Offer sprawling lion some meat
- meat
- Cut red line, not squiggly
- Cut one tendril off
- Lacking starter, hotel dinner is cooked meat
- Choice meat dinner let stew with love
- Cut being painful, get on computer to cancel golf
- Cut left nothing at home after offer
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The straight part
We know that "Steak" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case steak = tenderloin.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does TENDERLOIN mean?
TENDERLOIN noun- The tenderest part of a loin of meat, especially of pork or beef.
- A district of a city where corruption is common, often because the district is devoted to questionable businesses (peep shows, etc) which are easy for police to blackmail and extort.