The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word AQUARIA
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More clues leading to the result AQUARIA
- Pools appearing out of the blue, with breeze getting up
- Area covered by sign early in year after loss of US tanks
- A Queen song that’s operatic with brill setting, perhaps
- In American university, Queen song tanks
- Tanks in army’s front, as bearing westwards
- Article as broadcast about tanks
- Song about Queen attending animal’s debut in part of zoo
- Places for fish as classically featured in song
- With a couple of pints almost top up water tanks
- Air’s kept in mostly square tanks
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The straight part
We know that "water tanks" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case water tanks = aquaria.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does AQUARIA mean?
AQUARIA noun- A tank, often made of glass, for keeping live fish or other aquatic animals.
- A public place where live fish and other aquatic animals are exhibited.