The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word MUSCADET
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More clues leading to the result MUSCADET
- Wine being revolutionary cutting grape juice
- Museum trainee getting wine
- Trainee with problem knocked back wine
- White rebel is obliged to guards
- Wine: whole amount knocked back by trainee soldier
- Wine: quantity upset over trainee
- Wine or tot knocked back by trainee
- A white American rebel in Montana
- 29's capital has German wine
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The straight part
We know that "wine" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case wine = muscadet.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.
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What does MUSCADET mean?
MUSCADET noun- A white grape grown chiefly in the Loire valley of France, or a dry white wine made from this grape