The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word PICKLED
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result PICKLED
- Cream shown in one's cups
- Chose to imbibe last of alcohol, getting drunk
- Choose to be guided, being drunk
- The best came first, drunk
- Drunk chose to drink litres
- The best conducted Brahms and Liszt
- Preference was first to get drunk
- Drunk induced to follow preference
- Selection was first preserved
- Chose to cross line blind drunk
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The straight part
We know that "Brahms and Liszt" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case brahms and liszt = pickled.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does PICKLED mean?
PICKLED verb- To preserve food (or sometimes other things) in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution.
- To remove high-temperature scale and oxidation from metal with heated (often sulphuric) industrial acid.
- (in the Python programming language) To serialize.
- To pour brine over a person after flogging them, as a method of punishment.
- To eat sparingly.
- To pilfer.
- Preserved by pickling.
- Drunk.