Food item - mince on the outside - at formal event Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Food item - mince on the outside - at formal event featured in Times Quick Cryptic puzzle on January 24, 2026. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 8 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is MEATBALL.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% MEATBALL Food item - mince on the outside - at formal event (8) The Times Quick Cryptic Jan 24, 2026
5% MERE "It's a __ formality" (4) Newsday Jan 21, 2026
5% EXTERNAL Outside (8) The Telegraph Quick Jan 8, 2026
5% PATTY Flat cake of mince (5) The Times Concise Jan 5, 2026
5% MASQUERADEBALL Formal event at which attendees wear masks (14) USA Today Jan 4, 2026
5% EGG Food item dyed at Easter (3)
5% GRIND Mince (5) (5) Mirror Quick Dec 18, 2025
5% BURRITO Item of food - it goes into bottomless hole (7) The Times Cryptic Dec 10, 2025
5% DISH Food item or course (4) Puzzler Backwords Dec 8, 2025
5% BOWTIE Formal neckwear item (6) The Times Concise Nov 14, 2025

Clues for The Times Quick Cryptic Puzzle on January 24, 2026

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