Cryptic crossword clue
Words of rancour from sextet, half of them Liberal 7

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word VITRIOL

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The straight part
We know that "Words of rancour" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case words of rancour = vitriol.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does VITRIOL mean?

VITRIOL noun
  1. Sulphuric acid and various metal sulphates.
  2. (by extension) Bitterly abusive language.
VITRIOL verb
  1. To subject to bitter verbal abuse.
  2. To dip in dilute sulphuric acid; to pickle.
  3. To vitriolize.

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