The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word GRANULE
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More clues leading to the result GRANULE
- Mixed glue to secure charged particle
- Elderly relative mentioned Christmas a little bit
- Turned up extract from Phoebe: Lunar Goddess – fine piece
- Tiny particle found in surgery on ear and lung
- Real gun shot tiny pellet
- Greek character enthralled by unusually large particle
- Small particle, for example, collected from the moon and returned
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The straight part
We know that "particle" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case particle = granule.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 GRANULE mean?
GRANULE noun- A tiny grain, a small particle.
- A small structure in a cell.
- A particle from 2 to 4 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
- A small mark in the photosphere of the sun caused by convection currents. See also Wikipedia:Granule (solar physics).