Soup base NYT Crossword Clue

• (noun)
  1. liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces
  2. a thin soup of meat or fish or vegetable stock

• SOUP (noun)
  1. an unfortunate situation
  2. any composition having a consistency suggestive of soup
• SOUP (verb)
  1. dope (a racehorse)
• BASE (noun)
  1. a terrorist network intensely opposed to the United States that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist groups; has cells in more than 50 countries
  2. lowest support of a structure
• BASE (adjective)
  1. of low birth or station (`base’ is archaic in this sense)
  2. illegitimate
• BASE (verb)
  1. use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes
  2. use as a basis for; found on

• STOCK
  (5 letters)
• OXTAIL
  (6 letters)

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