The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word COGNAC
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More clues leading to the result COGNAC
- Charlie can go back for brandy
- Senior officer given bill covering case of gin and brandy
- Scam involving grandad’s first bill for drink
- Spirit nobody in large organisation is able to raise
- Stiff drink - tin's knocked back by organisation's employee
- Swindle nets £1,000 case of Armagnac brandy
- Charlie knocked over tin – go for a brandy
- . Cheat Canadian returning to French commune
- May become cold — turning warmer?
- Drink, when cold, can go the wrong way
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What does COGNAC mean?
COGNAC noun- A brandy distilled from white wine in the region around Cognac in France.