The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word CASSIA
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More clues leading to the result CASSIA
- Blackcurrant liqueur cut with a substance like cinnamon
- Blackcurrant flavouring finally replaced with a kind of cinnamon
- Plant enabling agents to capture idiot
- Spice Girl losing head is detained by spies
- Plant carrier inside spy organisation
- Pruned Bonsais, sacrificing climbing tree
- Plant fool among those working in intelligence
- Fool hidden amongst spies is a plant
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The straight part
We know that "kind of cinnamon" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case kind of cinnamon = cassia.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 CASSIA mean?
CASSIA noun- The spice made from the bark of members of the genus Cinnamomum other than true cinnamon (C. verum), when they are distinguished from cinnamon.
- Such trees themselves, particularly the Chinese cinnamon, Cinnamomum cassia.
- Any of several tropical leguminous plants, of the genus Cassia.
- Any of several tropical leguminous plants, of the genus Senna.
- (countable, mistranslation from Chinese) The sweet osmanthus (O. fragrans).