The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word LIQUOR
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result LIQUOR
- Gin, say, needs flavouring, but no ice
- Drink is sweet without ice
- A drop of the hard stuff for the lolly-eater, reportedly
- Half of lime for Queen’s alternative to alcoholic drink
- Drink taster mentioned?
- Drink litres — our getting drunk without measure of intelligence?
- Alcohol taster, we hear?
- Booze in France he’s knocked back, meeting enough voters without hesitation
- Spirits of two-thirds of people required to follow Light Infantry
- Agitate over including question for John Barleycorn
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The straight part
We know that "alcohol" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case alcohol = liquor.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does LIQUOR mean?
LIQUOR noun- A liquid, a fluid.
- A drinkable liquid.
- A liquid obtained by cooking meat or vegetables (or both).
- A parsley sauce commonly served with traditional pies and mash.
- Strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation; more broadly, any alcoholic drink.
- In process industry, a liquid in which a desired reaction takes place, e.g. pulping liquor is a mixture of chemicals and water which breaks wood into its components, thus facilitating the extraction of cellulose.
- A liquid in which something has been steeped.
- To drink liquor, usually to excess.
- To cause someone to drink liquor, usually to excess.
- To grease.