The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word CHARMED
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More clues leading to the result CHARMED
- Won over church with weapons
- This writer in Somerset town in a trance?
- Sea with fish located earlier, being lucky
- Lucky me, tucking into edible leaf
- Fascinated, but about to get hurt
- Marched about, delighted
- Lucky start in combat, then injured
- Transported daily over sea
- Taken medium English vegetable boxes
- Sea found by fish, unusually lucky
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The straight part
We know that "in a trance?" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case in a trance? = charmed.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 CHARMED mean?
CHARMED verb- To seduce, persuade or fascinate someone or something.
- To use a magical charm upon; to subdue, control, or summon by incantation or supernatural influence.
- To protect with, or make invulnerable by, spells, charms, or supernatural influences.
- To make music upon.
- To subdue or overcome by some secret power, or by that which gives pleasure; to allay; to soothe.
- Under a magic spell (cast by a charm); bewitched.
- Impressed by the pleasantness of something.
- Of a particle: having nonzero charm.