The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word BORSCHT
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More clues leading to the result BORSCHT
- Knight coming to court drinking hot soup
- Stop overlooking one when bringing in school soup
- Throbs wildly holding club’s top dish
- Soup bowls on rather snazzy coasters here, tremendous for starters
- Child in old-style school, a learner denied soup
- Soup is broth boiled without some salt and clove
- US lad right to suppress school dish
- Stir broths containing a bit of chilli to make soup
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The straight part
We know that "soup" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case soup = borscht.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 BORSCHT mean?
BORSCHT noun- A beetroot soup that can be served hot or cold, usually with sour cream.
- Any similar sour soup made of other ingredients such as sorrel, cabbage, hogweed