The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word INTAKE
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More clues leading to the result INTAKE
- Recent arrivals sadly eat in kitchen at first
- Food for new recruits
- Popular viewpoint for new pupils perhaps
- Number of drinks provided by new recruits
- Let through misprint — a keen reader might spot ‘absorption‘
- New recruits in army only half eager
- Kind of valve that is found outside a salvaged tank
- Indian tea is brewed with potassium for consumption
- India supports unlimited consumption
- Consumption makes a comeback during week at Nice
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The straight part
We know that "Number of drinks provided/new recruits" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case number of drinks provided/new recruits = intake.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 INTAKE mean?
INTAKE noun- The place where water, air or other fluid is taken into a pipe or conduit; opposed to outlet.
- The beginning of a contraction or narrowing in a tube or cylinder.
- The quantity taken in.
- An act or instance of taking in.
- The people taken into an organisation or establishment at a particular time.
- A tract of land enclosed.
- Any kind of cheat or imposition; the act of taking someone in.
- To take in or draw in; to bring in from outside.