Cryptic crossword clue
Is able to seal in tin 3

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word CAN

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The straight part

We know that "Is able/to seal in/tin" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case is able/to seal in/tin = can.

The cryptic/wordplay part

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What does CAN mean?

1. (auxiliary verb, defective) To know how to; to be able to.
2. (modal auxiliary verb, defective) May; to be permitted or enabled to.
3. (modal auxiliary verb, defective) To have the potential to; be possible.
4. (auxiliary verb, defective) Used with verbs of perception.
5. To know.

1. A more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids, usually of steel or aluminium, but sometimes of plastic, and with a carrying handle over the top.
2. A container used to carry and dispense water for plants (a watering can).
3. A tin-plate canister, often cylindrical, for preserved foods such as fruit, meat, or fish.
4. A chamber pot, now a toilet or lavatory.
5. Buttocks.
6. Jail or prison.
7. (in the plural) Headphones.
8. A drinking cup.
9. A cube-shaped buoy or marker used to denote a port-side lateral mark
10. A chimney pot.
11. (in the plural) an E-meter used in Scientology auditing.

1. To seal in a can.
2. To preserve by heating and sealing in a jar or can.
3. To discard, scrap or terminate (an idea, project, etc.).
4. To shut up.
5. To fire or dismiss an employee.
6. To hole the ball.

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