Item carried around during a buffet — Daily Themed Crossword Answer
This clue appeared in the December 28 2025 Daily Themed Crossword. The answer is below, with its letter count.
The answer
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5 letters
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Dish for eating dinner
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5
Main piece of dinnerware
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5
For the win in baseball, step on this flat, pentagonal slab, also known as a home base, to score your run!
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5
(2/6) Ready to switch it up? Swap around your cutlery by drinking from a ___ (flat dish for serving meals) and eating from a cup!
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5
Dish for eating dinner
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5
Food holder
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5
Dinner holder
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5
Flat dish that holds food
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5
Dinnerware item
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5
Dinner holder
PLATE
5
I am always on the dinner table, but you don't get to eat me. Who am I?
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5
Dinnerware item
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5
Female deer
DOE
3
Diamond or ruby, e.g.
GEM
3
Company known as "Big Blue": Abbr.
IBM
3
Omelet essential
EGG
3
Popular card game with four colors
UNO
3
Jar topper
LID
3
Cook in oil, say
FRY
3
"American ___," singing reality show
IDOL
4
___ Angeles, California
LOS
3
Disney World's ___ theme park (Florida landmark)
EPCOT
5
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