The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word AGAR
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More clues leading to the result AGAR
- Hindu music about to make contribution to culture?
- In bag, a recommended seaweed product
- Rejection of noted formula for food thickener
- Jelly range confectioner ultimately wanted
- Jelly from a fish right round an oven
- Jelly derived from a fish
- . Seaweed extract found in a 32
- Seaweed forming a festoon away from land
- It cooks royal jelly
- This setter could form anagram with ‘man’
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The straight part
We know that "Jelly" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case jelly = agar.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 AGAR mean?
AGAR noun- A gelatinous material obtained from red algae, especially Gracilaria species, used as a bacterial culture medium, in electrophoresis and as a food additive.
- A culture medium based on this material.