The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word MUSCAT
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More clues leading to the result MUSCAT
- Kitty, after quantity of money, brought back wine.
- Wine requirement has not exactly sunk in
- Essential to store up appellation controlee wine
- Wine capital
- Greek character: shift for capital
- Grape from California in new wine
- Port wine
- Highly recommended drinking California made port
- Grape from Oman city
- Port wine — not with the Spanish
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The straight part
We know that "wine" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case wine = muscat.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 MUSCAT mean?
MUSCAT noun- A white grape variety; used as table grapes and for making raisins and sweet wine.
- The muscatel wine made from these grapes.
- The vine bearing this fruit.