The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ELEMI
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result ELEMI
- Resin from tree around eastern India
- One of the glossies?
- Sweetheart in wood one obtaining tree resin
- Sweetheart in wood, one obtaining fragrant resin
- Resin in mine, evidently low, eventually at first rising
- Fragrant resinous substance ratel emits when short of cover
- Fragrant resin found in diesel emissions
- The Spanish mostly give off fragrant resin
- Resin from tree around eastern island
- Something fragrant eaten up by lunchtime, lemony
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "fragrant resin" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case fragrant resin = elemi.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 ELEMI mean?
ELEMI noun- A tree, Canarium luzonicum, native to the Philippines.
- A resin harvested from the elemi tree.