The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word CAPSULE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result CAPSULE
- Improperly dispensed upscale form of medication
- Medical case in part of spacecraft
- Medicine used by astronauts?
- Container clueinvolves “reversing resort”
- Finally you may get left in space flying in this?
- I forgot to mention a clue teasingly written about seed-case
- Headwear problem solvers will reportedly craft
- Take correct medicinal cover
- Medicine covers rules, essentially
- A note covered by new clue for ‘tablet‘
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The straight part
We know that "Medicine/used by astronauts?" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case medicine/used by astronauts? = capsule.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 CAPSULE mean?
CAPSULE noun- A membranous envelope.
- A type of simple, dehiscent, dry fruit (seed-case) produced by many species of flowering plants, such as poppy, lily, orchid, willow and cotton.
- A sporangium, especially in bryophytes.
- A tough, fibrous layer surrounding an organ such as the kidney or liver
- A membrane that surrounds the eyeball
- A detachable part of a rocket or spacecraft (usually in the nose) containing the crew's living space.
- A small container containing a dose of medicine.
- In a brief, condensed or compact form
- The covering — formerly lead or tin, now often plastic — over the cork at the top of the wine bottle.
- A small clay saucer for roasting or melting samples of ores, etc.; a scorifier.
- A small, shallow evaporating dish, usually of porcelain.
- A small cup or shell, often of metal, for a percussion cap, cartridge, etc.
- To form (medicine, etc.) into capsules.
- To encapsulate or summarize.