The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word CALDERA
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More clues leading to the result CALDERA
- A glowing hot lake across channel rises in crater
- Crater roughly enclosing tree
- Upsurge of a coloured resin in crater
- Volcanic feature about to consume tree
- Volcanic opening about to swallow tree
- Volcanic crater about to swallow tree
- A flaming resinous material flowing round hole produced by explosion
- Tree planted in centre of volcanic crater
- Start to climb tree above a volcanic crater
- Big hole in rock article produced by sculptor
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "Volcanic opening" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case volcanic opening = caldera.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 CALDERA mean?
CALDERA noun- A large crater formed by collapse of the cone or edifice of a volcano.