The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word KEEPSAKE
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More clues leading to the result KEEPSAKE
- What helps one remember to stock rice wine
- Reminder to stock wine
- A reminder to carry on with wine
- A reminder to delay having something to drink
- Look up Eastern wine — it enhances the memory
- Souvenir from ‘Tower Tipple’
- Look up drink in Japan as memento
- Hold on to Oriental drink as memento
- Memento taken from part of castle before Eastern drink
- Souvenir in which to preserve Japanese booze
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The straight part
We know that "What helps one remember" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case what helps one remember = keepsake.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does KEEPSAKE mean?
KEEPSAKE noun- Some object given by a person and retained in memory of something or someone; something kept for sentimental or nostalgic reasons.
- Specifically, a type of literary album popular in the nineteenth-century, containing scraps of poetry and prose, and engravings.