The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 plus 3 letter word BEER GUT
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More clues leading to the result BEER GUT
- Clothes objection for Spooner that suggests drinking habit?
- Swollen belly of eg brute that’s drunk
- Too much ale left undrunk? This suggests not
- Evidence of overindulgence in the pub, though involving former step up
- Be tense suppressing awful urge for pot
- Drinker’s obvious hangover?
- Corporation worker beginning to get into routine
- Stout German’s good results in big corporation
- Worker with routine guarding grand corporation
- Unwanted hangover after too much ale?
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The straight part
We know that "Evidence of overindulgence in the pub" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case evidence of overindulgence in the pub = beer gut.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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