The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word LINSEED
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result LINSEED
- Oil producer’s lies end badly
- Oil used by batsmen in Leeds, perhaps?
- Cycle seen covered in top type of oil
- Flaxen stuff, looking old, covering ends of settee
- Type of oil processed in Leeds
- Treatment for bats without vision, though not initially about to use eyes?
- Diesel manufactured including new source of oil
- Sort of oil possibly seen in holiday centre
- Can’t see? Remove top, see inside, it’s full of oil
- Oil producer makes our stock market break into a song
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What does LINSEED mean?
LINSEED noun- The seed of the flax plant, which yields linseed oil.