The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ALCOHOL
I've seen this crossword clue in The Sunday Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result ALCOHOL
- Everyone gets to eat salmon and drink at celebration?
- In local ordered mainly hot drams, for example
- Strong drink and salmon consumed by everyone
- Everyone taking in salmon and strong drink
- Everyone devours salmon and strong drink
- . Other half in local, drunk? Blame this
- Cola formula, almost pure drink
- Everyone takes cocaine over heroin over booze
- Half an hour in local, hammered on this
- Half an hour in local, drunk on this
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The straight part
We know that "What’s contained in shot" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case what’s contained in shot = alcohol.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 ALCOHOL mean?
ALCOHOL noun- Any of a class of organic compounds (such as ethanol) containing a hydroxyl functional group (-OH).
- Ethanol.
- Beverages containing ethanol, collectively.
- Any very fine powder.