The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 plus 3 plus 3 letter word HIGH AND DRY
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More clues leading to the result HIGH AND DRY
- Helpless, being under influence of drugs but not alcohol?
- Abandoned like person in tree escaping flood?
- Stranded on a trip with no booze!
- Helpless drunk also needs a drink
- Stranded, like Noah on Ararat?
- Stoned yet teetotal, getting wrecked on the beach, perhaps
- Abandoned, intoxicated — in addition, thirsty!
- Stranded dinghy had broken down crossing river
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The straight part
We know that "Abandoned/like person in tree escaping flood?" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case abandoned/like person in tree escaping flood? = high and dry.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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