The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word MANGETOUT
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More clues leading to the result MANGETOUT
- Type of pea is island produce
- Staff instruction to leave something on plate
- Starter in mess with an excuse for a vegetable
- … guy has a way to avoid legume
- For heaven’s sake go away and find something to eat
- Staff leave vegetables
- Vegetable chap has to leave
- Vegetable extract on hand
- Vegetable extract crushed by hand
- Fellow on leave is climber
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The straight part
We know that "Type of pea" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case type of pea = mangetout.The cryptic/wordplay part
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Crossword Answer definitions
MANGETOUT noun- A vegetable pea (Pisum sativum) eaten when immature.