The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word MUSCATEL
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More clues leading to the result MUSCATEL
- Arab capital leading to upturn in the French grape variety
- About to open grape juice and the Spanish wine
- Favouring fizzy vin at allowance of food
- Wine, one inspiring line about tiger?
- Notes eliminating one late flourishing grape variety
- Drunk cuts meal, finding wine
- Drunk cuts meal, getting wine
- Rising total with kitty to go on the Spanish wine
- Wine involved alums, etc in its production
- Shoo the mule wandering about vineyard plant
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "grape variety" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case grape variety = muscatel.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does MUSCATEL mean?
MUSCATEL noun- A muscat grape or raisin, especially one from southern Spain.
- A sweet wine made from these grapes.