Cryptic crossword clue
Adult in a snuggle, intertwining tongues  9

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word LANGUAGES

I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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The straight part
We know that "tongues" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case tongues = languages.
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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What does LANGUAGES mean?

LANGUAGES noun
  1. A body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication.
  2. The ability to communicate using words.
  3. A sublanguage: the slang of a particular community or jargon of a particular specialist field.
  4. The expression of thought (the communication of meaning) in a specified way; that which communicates something, as language does.
  5. A body of sounds, signs and/or signals by which animals communicate, and by which plants are sometimes also thought to communicate.
  6. A computer language; a machine language.
  7. Manner of expression.
  8. The particular words used in a speech or a passage of text.
  9. Profanity.
LANGUAGES verb
  1. To communicate by language; to express in language.
LANGUAGES noun
  1. A languet, a flat plate in or below the flue pipe of an organ.

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