The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ARABICA
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More clues leading to the result ARABICA
- Tongue in need of a drink
- Language used in Yemen to get a coffee
- Horse I caught in front of a tree
- Artist and writer among group trying not to drink coffee, potentially
- American artist and writer wants a coffee
- Coffee from the fringes of Colombia after an early harvest
- Coffee originally cultivated in part of SW Asia
- Coffee originally cultivated in Asian region
- America doesn’t need me to drink a black coffee
- Coffee‘s first found in Middle East
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The straight part
We know that "coffee" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case coffee = arabica.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 ARABICA mean?
ARABICA noun- A species of coffee plant, Coffea arabica, native to Ethiopia
- The bean of this plant
- Coffee made from these coffee beans