Cryptic crossword clue
M-Musk, is it? 5

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word MELON

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The straight part
We know that "is it/?" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case is it/? = melon.
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What does MELON mean?

MELON noun
  1. Any of various plants of the family Cucurbitaceae grown for food, generally not including the cucumber.
  2. The fruit of such plants.
  3. A light pinkish orange colour, like that of some melon flesh.
  4. (usually in the plural) Breasts.
  5. The head.
  6. A member of the Green Party, or similar environmental group.
  7. A mass of adipose tissue found in the forehead of all toothed whales, used to focus and modulate vocalizations.
MELON adjective
  1. Of a light pinkish orange colour, like that of melon flesh.
MELON noun
  1. The result of heptazine being polymerized with the tri-s-triazine units linked through an amine (NH) link.

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