The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word TEMPURA
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result TEMPURA
- Food and drink for entertaining politician leading old city
- Office worker casually visiting old city to get a deep-fried dish
- King left upmarket version of fried fish
- Meal includes stewed rump and fried seafood
- Taking day off, dish dreamt up … by Nobu?
- Work ultimately missing from development of upmarket Japanese course
- Softly wrapped in mix / of mature materials / to be made deep-fried
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "Japanese course" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case japanese course = tempura.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 TEMPURA mean?
TEMPURA noun- A Japanese dish made by deep-frying vegetables, seafood, or other foods in a light batter.