The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word TASTING
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result TASTING
- It's inverted, passing flavour around using tongue
- What oenophiles may hold in reserve: smart!
- Relishing a bite after end of fast
- Sampling dishes in street, starter from Indonesia packed in flavour
- Experiencing a pain on the right side of chest
- Trap for criminals set by volunteers, getting a nibble
- Volunteers introducing smart event with lots of drink?
- Where Rhone joins Rhine perhaps
- Police chief following endless stay for trial
- Volunteers, smart, needed for sampling wine?
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "sampling wine" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case sampling wine = tasting.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 TASTING mean?
TASTING noun- A small amount of food or drink.
- The taking of a small amount of food or drink into the mouth in order to taste it.
- To sample the flavor of something orally.
- To have a taste; to excite a particular sensation by which flavour is distinguished.
- To experience.
- To take sparingly.
- To try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of.
- To try by the touch; to handle.