The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word ISINGLASS
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More clues leading to the result ISINGLASS
- I’m a vocalist, love — something fishy here
- Fishy product gets stored by schooner, say
- Product of the sea becomes ready to drink?
- Fishy stuff indicating location of one's tipple?
- Gelatinous substance in abandoned sailing ship
- Fish product is ready to drink?
- Gelatine is in drinking vessel
- A powder: one in tumbler son swallowed?
- Brummie squeals “Miss Gelatine”
- Fishy product occupies schooner, say
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The straight part
We know that "Fishy product" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case fishy product = isinglass.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does ISINGLASS mean?
ISINGLASS noun- A form of gelatine obtained from the air bladder of the sturgeon and certain other fish, used as an adhesive and as a clarifying agent for wine and beer.
- A thin, transparent sheet of mica (probably from its similarity to true isinglass).