The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word MENTHOL
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More clues leading to the result MENTHOL
- Members of department holding medicinal compound
- Pieces, all the same length, needed for decongestant
- Doctor going round a department at hospital left analgesic
- It alleviates congestion in government holidays
- Concoction of hot lemon lacking nothing in flavouring
- Hot molten rocks used as decongestant
- People in Scotland suffer endlessly – this is used to ease pain
- A taste of apartment holidays?
- . Crystalline alcohol prepared by dissolving thorium in lemon juice
- Ingredient of some cigarettes starts to make news, taking hours of litigation
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The straight part
We know that "it alleviates congestion" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case it alleviates congestion = menthol.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 MENTHOL mean?
MENTHOL noun- A cyclic monoterpene alcohol; the major component of the essential oil of peppermint; used in pharmaceutical preparations as an antitussive and antipruritic agent, as a nasal decongestant, and in menthol cigarettes
- A menthol cigarette.