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Vanilla? Ugh! Terrible ingredient for one's gag reflex?

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Vanilla? Ugh! Terrible ingredient for one's gag reflex?

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THE ANSWER

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The definition

Our definition here is 'one's gag reflex?' and note the question mark - it flags that our definition is a little stretchy. Our answer will be a word for a gag reflex (if you think outside the box).

This clue's fodder is 'Vanilla? Ugh! Terrible'. We'll use these letters (or some of them) to reach our answer, as guided by the clue's indicator(s).

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