The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 plus 3 letter word TEA BAG
I've seen this crossword clue in The Sunday Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result TEA BAG
- Bitten by sheep, a graduate leaves under wraps
- Roughly beat silver leaves in this
- Put a label round each barrel for drink producer
- Leaves collected here for potting
- Leaves container label covering each barrel
- Leaves container with airline, having gone through wrong gate
- “Baa” surprisingly stifled by sheep that’s going to pot?
- One going to pot, getting into hot water?
- Label covering each black container full of holes
- It takes the strain out of brewing
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The straight part
We know that "container full of holes" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case container full of holes = tea bag.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 TEA BAG mean?
TEA BAG verb- (chiefly water sports) To dunk into the sea or another body of water
- To lower one’s testicles into the mouth of another person, or onto the face or head of another person.
- To sit or crouch repeatedly on the head of another player's character after they are dead.