The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word CIDER
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More clues leading to the result CIDER
- One taking to a certain party, say booze
- Knock back burgundy, one with cold drink
- Caught duck, say, in the drink
- Colour up after incapacitating heart with drink
- Drink police presented to royalty
- Drink
- Cried out for a drink
- Arranged credit, mainly for drink
- Daughter is into wild rice drink
- Cried pitifully for a drink
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The straight part
We know that "drink" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case drink = cider.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 CIDER mean?
CIDER noun- An alcoholic, often sparkling (carbonated) beverage made from fermented apples; hard cider; apple cider
- A non-alcoholic still beverage consisting of the juice of early-harvest apples, usually unfiltered and still containing pulp; apple cider; sweet cider (without pulp such a beverage is called apple juice).
- A non-alcoholic carbonated beverage made from apples.
- (in Korea) A non-alcoholic drink, normally carbonated; equivalent to soft drink.
- A cup, glass or serving of any of these beverages.