The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word SKEWERS
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result SKEWERS
- Prepares kebabs in botanical gardens wearing half-length trousers
- Stuck outside with pots, they fix food
- Transfixes second people in line for broadcast
- They get stuck into pieces of meat
- Prods kebabs
- Pins inserted into joints
- Seamstresses boxing 1000 pins
- Runs through underground passages holding kilo
- Needleworkers collecting fourth of hockey sticks
- Runs through underground network carrying potassium
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The straight part
We know that "They get stuck into pieces of meat" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case they get stuck into pieces of meat = skewers.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 SKEWERS mean?
SKEWERS noun- A long pin, normally made of metal or wood, used to secure food during cooking.
- Food served on a skewer
- A scenario in which a piece attacks a more valuable piece which, if it moves aside, reveals a less valuable piece. Compare pin.W
- To impale on a skewer.
- To attack a piece which has a less valuable piece behind it.
- To severely mock or discredit.
- That which skews something.