The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word AROMA
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More clues leading to the result AROMA
- Bouquet given by a painter accepting high honour
- Scent a person wandering around picked up?
- Fragrance in a capital city for Italians
- Fragrance of a capital
- Perfume from a city in Italy
- Nose, or a brief description of one?
- Bouquet in course of drama romantically presented
- Single traveller’s nose
- ‘Car club accepts caravanner,’ one’s noticed with a sniff
- Regularly air room with a bouquet
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The straight part
We know that "Fragrance" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case fragrance = aroma.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 AROMA mean?
AROMA noun- A smell; especially a pleasant spicy or fragrant one.