The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word DEMITASSE
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More clues leading to the result DEMITASSE
- Cup of tea missed in state of confusion
- Give up, when empty, some little cup
- Team’s oddly overwhelmed by failure in cup
- Met up in fall where there may be grounds
- Sides team thrashed in cup
- Cup — runner holds it during service
- Missed tea badly – here’s coffee?
- A little coffee set aside to be drunk with the last of cream
- Engineer missed tea for a cup of coffee?
- Tea missed abroad? Small cup of coffee provided
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The straight part
We know that "coffee?" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case coffee? = demitasse.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 DEMITASSE mean?
DEMITASSE noun- A small cup of strong black coffee.
- The cup in which this coffee is served.