The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word CLEMENT
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result CLEMENT
- Fine dash of liquor in what could become the hard stuff?
- Mild Liberal getting stick all round
- Mild Liberal embraced by setter?
- Merciful post-war prime minister, say?
- Freud possibly exercising mercy
- Male Anglicans on time to welcome Liberal pope
- Kind of glue covering bottom of label
- Bond cut by M’s predecessor? That’s fair
- Mild chapter, part lacking energy
- Cold time of austerity with me put in as PM
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The straight part
We know that "Fine" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case fine = clement.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does CLEMENT mean?
CLEMENT adjective- Lenient or merciful; charitable.
- Mild (said of weather and similar circumstances).