The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word KETTLE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result KETTLE
- A Whistler in the kitchen?
- Character giving one thousand for another kitchen boiler
- One letting off steam in police pen?
- Drum that may contain seafood?
- Confine crowd of 1,000 that’s calm without leader
- What boils restrict marchers’ movement?
- Box up what’s essential for 24?
- When warmed up, one should sing
- Having no alcohol in leek-stewing vessel
- What Polly put on might well cause whistling
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The straight part
We know that "When warmed up, one should sing" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case when warmed up, one should sing = kettle.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does KETTLE mean?
KETTLE noun- A vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid.
- The quantity held by a kettle.
- A vessel for boiling water for tea.
- A kettle hole, sometimes any pothole.
- (collective) A group of raptors riding a thermal, especially when migrating.
- A steam locomotive
- A kettledrum.
- An instance of kettling; a group of protesters or rioters confined in a limited area.
- (of the police) To contain demonstrators in a confined area.
- A kind of fishweir resembling a wattle or fence.