Cryptic crossword clue
Form of 5 a source of wine contaminated by layer of eggs 8

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word GRAPHENE

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The straight part
We know that "Form of 5" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case form of 5 = graphene.
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What does GRAPHENE mean?

GRAPHENE noun
  1. Any polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon having the structure of part of a layer of graphite.
  2. An arbitrarily large-scale, one-atom-thick layer of graphite, an allotrope of carbon, that has remarkable electric characteristics.

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