The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word HONEYCOMB
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More clues leading to the result HONEYCOMB
- Fellow doctor supports beloved, a source of sweetness
- Love curry? This food store also has eggs
- Love to search a maze of rooms?
- Sharpen by turning round semi-combat drill
- Sweet store often buzzing with activity
- Look everywhere for first lover in labyrinth
- Pet goes on search for source of sweetness
- Make smooth start to your search in maze
- Sharpen search, including gym and cubbyholes
- A riddle: what brings back campus celebrity to the antique drama?
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The straight part
We know that "maze of rooms?" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case maze of rooms? = honeycomb.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 HONEYCOMB mean?
HONEYCOMB noun- A structure of hexagonal cells made by bees primarily of wax, to hold their larvae and for storing the honey to feed the larvae and to feed themselves during winter.
- (by extension) Any structure resembling a honeycomb.
- Voids left in concrete resulting from failure of the mortar to effectively fill the spaces among coarse aggregate particles.
- Manufactured material used manufacture light, stiff structural components using a sandwich design.
- (solar cell) The texture of the surface of a solar cell, intended to increase its surface area and capture more sunlight.
- A space-filling packing of polytopes in 3- or higher-dimensional space.
- To riddle something with holes, especially in such a pattern.