The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word LANGOUSTE
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More clues leading to the result LANGOUSTE
- Crustacean’s shortened tongue put out, briefly
- Good drive out in Channel to find shellfish
- Spiny creature aunt ogles in unseemly fashion
- Seafood glut – one’s heading for aitchbone for change?
- Crustacean to depose government before entering thoroughfare
- Swimmer got us exercising in channel
- Crayfish in sea – no glut, unfortunately
- Spiny lobster could be gelatinous without one
- Seafood disgustingly gelatinous I rejected
- In a way, received accepted American seafood
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The straight part
We know that "Spiny creature" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case spiny creature = langouste.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does LANGOUSTE mean?
LANGOUSTE noun- The spiny lobster