The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word LAB
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More clues leading to the result LAB
- Left a key for scientists' workroom
- Political party’s room for experiment
- Room for experimentation in alcohol abuse
- Learner given highest grades in workplace
- Small dog found in experimentation facility
- Experimental area, area surrounded by pound
- Retrieving animal from research facility
- Call a boffin — his place of work is in here
- Small party in small workplace
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The straight part
We know that "Political party/room for experiment" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case political party/room for experiment = lab.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does LAB mean?
LAB noun- A laboratory.
- (chiefly in the plural) Laboratory experiment, test, investigation or result.
- A Labrador retriever.
- A telltale; a blabber.