The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ASHTRAY
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More clues leading to the result ASHTRAY
- Smoker's item lost touring hospital
- Burnt-out cases end up here, lost around hospital
- Criminal has a go holding a smoker’s accessory
- Drug put in lost waste disposal facility
- Where butt is awfully hot, sat by sunlight
- Wrong to assume husband butts in here
- Where your butt might get scrunched, end of street, between tree and beam
- Hot inside wide heat-resistant receptacle
- A drunken ramble ends here?
- Camels go out here? Hot, missing covers
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The straight part
We know that "smoker’s accessory" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case smoker’s accessory = ashtray.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 ASHTRAY mean?
ASHTRAY noun- A receptacle for ash and butts from cigarettes and cigars.