The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word TITILLATE
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More clues leading to the result TITILLATE
- Stimulate sensually, keeping it up well into the night
- Tickle bird, badly worried
- I work in gallery providing thrill
- Tickle a little drunk with it
- Thrill seeing ultimate in prize, unlikely it doubled up
- Shake it a little to create excitement
- Excite poorly-fed bird first
- Tickle and excite it a little
- Arouse by wiggling it a little
- Tickle bird, poorly fed
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The straight part
We know that "Tickle/Tickle" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case tickle/tickle = titillate.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does TITILLATE mean?
TITILLATE verb- To stimulate or excite sensually