The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word TATTIE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result TATTIE
- Rubbish match for a Scottish vegetable
- Shabby-sounding provider of starch in Scotland
- Couple eating a dry Scots vegetable
- Lacking order, we hear, for vegetable
- What Scots eat is of poor quality, we hear
- Shabby-sounding and singular complement to mince
- Shabby-sounding item taken from Hamish’s allotment?
- Make secure after rubbish staple used by Glasgow chippy
- Up north veg is cheap reportedly
- Potato? Eat it, digest after some time
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The straight part
We know that "What Scots eat" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case what scots eat = tattie.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 TATTIE mean?
TATTIE noun- Potato
- A woven mat or screen hung at a door or window and kept wet to moisten and cool the air as it enters.