Cryptic crossword clue
Reaching across tabletop, partygoers spilt gin 10

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word TRAVERSING

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The straight part
We know that "Reaching across" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case reaching across = traversing.
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 TRAVERSING mean?

TRAVERSING verb
  1. To travel across, often under difficult conditions.
  2. To visit all parts of; to explore thoroughly.
  3. To lay in a cross direction; to cross.
  4. (artillery) To rotate a gun around a vertical axis to bear upon a military target.
  5. , To climb or descend a steep hill at a wide angle (relative to the slope).
  6. To (make a cutting, an incline) across the gradients of a sloped face at safe rate.
  7. To act against; to thwart or obstruct.
  8. To pass over and view; to survey carefully.
  9. To plane in a direction across the grain of the wood.
  10. To deny formally.
  11. To use the motions of opposition or counteraction.
TRAVERSING noun
  1. A traversal.

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