The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word INDRAWN
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More clues leading to the result INDRAWN
- Self-absorbed doctor with a whiskey in pub
- Shy, but entice into pub
- Breath so taken when pub hosts lottery?
- Pub’s entertaining sketch withheld
- Hostelry holds room back reserved
- Naked after day in hotel is reserved
- Find raw nerve, not entirely self-absorbed
- . Introspective Hindu deity's directions
- Reserved accommodation assumed backward
- Introspective protégé reflecting in bar
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The straight part
We know that "Self-absorbed" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case self-absorbed = indrawn.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does INDRAWN mean?
INDRAWN adjective- Having been drawn in or inward.
- Mentally withdrawn; introspective.