The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word TEQUILA
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More clues leading to the result TEQUILA
- Quite awful Los Angeles drink
- Alcoholic drink: writer, a bit cut, will get stuck into brew
- Drink quite a large shot
- Leaves, retaining what might be continental, almost, in spirit
- Quite unusual to find the French drink
- Alcoholic drink quite abused by the French
- Old writer mostly inside leaves alcoholic spirit
- Lady’s half cut after quite strange drink
- Quite agitated by state of drink
- Note who the French shot?
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The straight part
We know that "For which happily quit ale?" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case for which happily quit ale? = tequila.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 TEQUILA mean?
TEQUILA noun- An alcoholic liquor distilled from the fermented juice of the Central American century plant Agave tequilana