Answer:

splitpea

Answer	Crossword Clue
SPLITPEA	Eight-letter soup
SPLITPEA	Cut and dried veggie
SPLITPEA	Dried legume used to make soup

SPLITPEA	Kind of soup
SPLITPEA	Soup choice
SPLITPEA	Soup legume
SPLITPEA	Popular soup
SPLITPEA	Soup variety, and a feature of five puzzle answers
SPLITPEA	Green soup
SPLITPEA	Kind of soup ... or a hint to the answers to the five starred clues
SPLITPEA	Soup type

SPLITPEA	Type of soup