Cryptic crossword clue
Rubber solution from past times 5

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

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What does LATEX mean?

LATEX noun
  1. A clear liquid believed to be a component of a humour or other bodily fluid (esp. plasma and lymph)
  2. The milky sap of several trees that coagulates on exposure to air; used to make rubber.
  3. An emulsion of rubber in water, used in adhesives and the like.
  4. Natural latex rubber, especially non-vulcanized rubber, such as is used in making latex gloves, latex condoms, and latex clothing.

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