Cryptic crossword clue
Mixed alcoholic drink, a great disappointment 7

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word SWIZZLE

I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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The straight part
We know that "Mixed alcoholic drink/great disappointment" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case mixed alcoholic drink/great disappointment = swizzle.
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 SWIZZLE mean?

SWIZZLE noun
  1. A beverage of water and vinegar, often seasoned with ginger and sweetened with molasses, honey, or similar.
SWIZZLE noun
  1. Any of various kinds of alcoholic drink.
SWIZZLE verb
  1. To stir or mix.
  2. To permute bits.
  3. To convert portable symbols or positions to memory-dependent pointers during deserialization.
  4. To drink; to swill.

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