The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word CHARDONNAY
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result CHARDONNAY
- Wine daily, and no holding teacher!
- Fish taken by fellow with no white wine
- White Italian lady in suspicious surroundings
- Italian woman cautious about wine
- Somerset town having refusal, one way and another, to offer wine
- Vegetable working, no drink
- Drink with arch criminal — a gang leader, indeed
- Cautious about Italian woman’s white wine
- Reluctant to entertain Italian lady for a drink
- Wine from Somerset town available? No
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The straight part
We know that "Drink/Drink" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case drink/drink = chardonnay.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does CHARDONNAY mean?
CHARDONNAY noun- A green-skinned grape variety used to make a white wine.
- A variety of wine made from this grape.