Cryptic crossword clue
Partners playing bridge in river 5

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

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What does TANSY mean?

TANSY noun
  1. A herbaceous plant with yellow flowers, of the genus Tanacetum, especially Tanacetum vulgare.
  2. A dish common in the seventeenth century, made of eggs, sugar, rose water, cream, and the juice of herbs (including tansy), baked with butter in a shallow dish. "Originally flavoured with tansy, but by Pepys's time generally having spinach as its predominant flavouring."

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