The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word DEHYDRATE
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More clues leading to the result DEHYDRATE
- Lose water that's heated - dry out
- Dry-heated, possibly, to do this?
- Lose water that’s heated, and dry out
- He’d turned up late, turning up with vehicle finally dry
- Dry-eyed husband angrily stifling curses
- Heated and dry, awfully dry
- Lose water and they dread to metamorphose
- After downpour initially, day three surprisingly dry
- They dread springs becoming dry
- Dry heated ingredients turning dry
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The straight part
We know that "Lose water" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case lose water = dehydrate.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does DEHYDRATE mean?
DEHYDRATE verb- To lose or remove water; to dry