Cryptic crossword clue
Device for securing wine — a small drink? 4-3

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word TENT

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The straight part

We know that "Device for securing" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case device for securing = tent.

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What does TENT mean?

1. A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering people from the weather.
2. The representation of a tent used as a bearing.
3. A portable pulpit set up outside to accommodate worshippers who cannot fit into a church.
4. A trouser tent; a piece of fabric, etc. protruding outward like a tent.

1. To go camping.
2. To prop up aluminum foil in an inverted "V" (reminiscent of a pop-up tent) over food to reduce splatter, before putting it in the oven.
3. To form into a tent-like shape.

1. Attention; regard, care.
2. Intention; design.

1. To attend to; to heed
2. To guard; to hinder.

1. A roll of lint or linen, or a conical or cylindrical piece of sponge or other absorbent, used chiefly to dilate a natural canal, to keep open the orifice of a wound, or to absorb discharges.
2. A probe for searching a wound.

1. (sometimes figurative) To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent.

1. A kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain; called also tent wine, and tinta.

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