The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word TANDOOR
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More clues leading to the result TANDOOR
- Type of oven with yellowish-brown access
- Show signs of burning with opening Indian oven
- Flog way-out oven in Pakistan
- Kitchenware‘s finish in bronze and gold
- Brown as before or in oven
- Nan usually cooked in this tatty cap and back-to-front jumper
- Wallop opening oven
- Kitchen furnace's core turning up outside the gate
- Indian oven’s sun-baked hatch
- Oven has opening with leather on top
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The straight part
We know that "oven in Pakistan" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case oven in pakistan = tandoor.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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What does TANDOOR mean?
TANDOOR noun- A cylindrical clay oven used, in the cuisine of the Caucasus, Middle East, and Indian subcontinent, to make flat bread, or to cook meat.