The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word KINDRED
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result KINDRED
- Order wine for relatives
- Similar type visually embarrassed
- Similar type and colour
- Family character appearing embarrassed
- Type of spirit, sort served alongside wine
- Embarrassed by joke about northern relations
- Relations looking embarrassed by class
- Family type with left-wing tendencies
- Related to nice North Korean?
- Species seen around Dorset oddly having similar characteristics
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The straight part
We know that "Type of spirit" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case type of spirit = kindred.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 KINDRED mean?
KINDRED noun- (often plurale tantum) Distant and close relatives, collectively; kin.
- (often plurale tantum) People of the same ethnic descent, not including speaker; brethren.
- A grouping of relatives.
- Blood relationship.
- Affinity, likeness.
- A household or group following the modern pagan faith of Heathenry or Ásatrú.
- Of the same nature, or of similar character.
- Connected, related, cognate, akin.