Cryptic crossword clue
Not likely to evaporate fast 5

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word FIXED

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The straight part
We know that "Not likely to evaporate/fast" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case not likely to evaporate/fast = fixed.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does FIXED mean?

FIXED verb
  1. To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix.
  2. To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.
  3. To mend, to repair.
  4. To prepare (food or drink).
  5. To make (a contest, vote, or gamble) unfair; to privilege one contestant or a particular group of contestants, usually before the contest begins; to arrange immunity for defendants by tampering with the justice system via bribery or extortion
  6. To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.
  7. (sematics) To map a (point or subset) to itself.
  8. To take revenge on, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant.
  9. To render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensitive to the action of light.
  10. To convert into a stable or available form.
  11. To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.
  12. To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance.
FIXED adjective
  1. Not changing, not able to be changed, staying the same.
  2. Stationary.
  3. Attached; affixed.
  4. Chemically stable.
  5. Supplied with what one needs.
  6. Of sound, recorded on a permanent medium.
  7. Surgically rendered infertile (spayed, neutered or castrated).
  8. Rigged; fraudulently prearranged.
  9. (of a problem) Resolved; corrected.
  10. Repaired

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