The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word SATURATED
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result SATURATED
- Half of Saturday deemed to be very wet
- Dripping, a kind of fat
- Very wet day considered fit for the family?
- . . . . . soaked in a kind of fat
- Despondent about you in France, stuck with tariff and unable to take any more
- Flooded planet almost reaching unfortunate date
- Full fat, suitable for all
- Very wet day with you finally coming to ground that’s no good
- Animal fat may be soaked
- Lot of water in this state - it's flooded
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The straight part
We know that "Animal fat may be" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case animal fat may be = saturated.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does SATURATED mean?
SATURATED verb- To cause to become completely impregnated, or soaked (especially with a liquid).
- To fill to excess.
- To satisfy the affinity of; to cause a substance to become inert by chemical combination with all that it can hold.
- To render pure, or of a colour free from white light.
- Full; unable to hold or contain any more.
- Soaked or drenched with moisture.
- (of a solution) Containing all the solute that can normally be dissolved at a given temperature.
- Having all available valence bonds filled; especially of any organic compound containing only single bonds between carbon atoms.
- (color) Having a high level of saturation.