The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 plus 4 letter word ROAST BEEF
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More clues leading to the result ROAST BEEF
- Meat dish - best fare, possibly including duck
- Pan grouse, Sunday staple?
- Cooked meat in pan, leading to complaint
- Complain after ancient coin found in rhubarb dish
- Bake grouse in a meat dish
- Criticize British charge being brought back for national dish?
- Grouse alongside pan, meat to cook
- To criticize, complain – traditionally enjoyed by British consumer
- Spooner’s crow key to dish
- Cook beast for English Sunday lunch?
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The straight part
We know that "What could be best for centrepiece of meal?" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case what could be best for centrepiece of meal? = roast beef.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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