The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word SNIPPET
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result SNIPPET
- Trim dog, say, a little bit
- Darling goes after bargain a bit
- Returned nails highly favoured for scrap
- Pins up favourite piece of information
- Bargain obtained with favourite excerpt of literature?
- Sticks around to canoodle a little bit
- Taste something cheap, and dear
- Turned legs on favourite piece
- Kid runs off in street for a scrap
- Fixes up favourite for scrap
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "Taste" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case taste = snippet.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 SNIPPET mean?
SNIPPET noun- A small part of something, such as a song or fabric; sample.
- A text file containing a relatively small amount of code, useless by itself, along with instructions for inserting that code into a larger codebase.
- To produce a snippet (small part) of; to excerpt.
- To make small cuts, to snip, particularly with scissors.