The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word SPARKLING
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More clues leading to the result SPARKLING
- Fizzy drink with deposit in it
- Alcoholic drink about to stop showing effervescence
- . Performing well, fight champion, lightweight’s number one, inside
- Touring Kuala Lumpur, going easy on bubbly
- Pitch outside rec is not flat
- Brilliant throw covering pitch
- Bubbly student driver limited by test’s third maneuver
- Fizzy drink must be kept outside recreation area
- Bright, small public area attracting many in Germany
- Enthralling set! Band is lively
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The straight part
We know that "Fizzy" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case fizzy = sparkling.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does SPARKLING mean?
SPARKLING verb- To emit sparks; to throw off ignited or incandescent particles
- (by extension) To shine as if throwing off sparks; to emit flashes of light; to scintillate; to twinkle
- To manifest itself by, or as if by, emitting sparks; to glisten; to flash.
- To emit little bubbles, as certain kinds of liquors; to effervesce
- To emit in the form or likeness of sparks.
- To disperse.
- To scatter on or over.
- Act or appearance of something that sparkles; a sparkle; a gleam.
- A sparkling wine.
- Of an object, reflecting light as if giving off tiny sparks.
- Of a beverage, especially an alcoholic beverage, containing dissolved carbon dioxide (either naturally or that has been added) that comes out of solution in the form of many tiny bubbles.
- Brilliant and vivacious.