Cryptic crossword clue
Main attribute of insect queens in flight 12

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 12 letter word QUINTESSENCE

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What does QUINTESSENCE mean?

QUINTESSENCE noun
  1. A thing that is the most perfect example of its type; the most perfect embodiment of something; epitome, prototype.
  2. A pure substance.
  3. The essence of a thing in its purest and most concentrated form.
  4. The fifth alchemical element, or essence, after earth, air, fire, and water
  5. A hypothetical form of dark energy postulated to explain observations of an accelerating universe.
QUINTESSENCE verb
  1. To reduce to its purest and most concentrated essence.

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