Cryptic crossword clue
Don’t start to drink slimy stuff 4

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

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The straight part
We know that "slimy stuff" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case slimy stuff = ooze.
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 OOZE mean?

OOZE noun
  1. Tanning liquor, an aqueous extract of vegetable matter (tanbark, sumac, etc.) in a tanning vat used to tan leather.
  2. An oozing, gentle flowing, or seepage, as of water through sand or earth.
  3. Secretion, humour.
  4. Juice, sap.
OOZE verb
  1. To be secreted or slowly leak.
  2. To give off a strong sense of (something); to exude.
OOZE noun
  1. Soft mud, slime, or shells especially in the bed of a river or estuary.
  2. A pelagic marine sediment containing a significant amount of the microscopic remains of either calcareous or siliceous planktonic debris organisms.
  3. A piece of soft, wet, pliable ground.

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