Cryptic crossword clue
3   Do rush out for burial cloth 6

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SHROUD

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The straight part
We know that "burial cloth" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case burial cloth = shroud.
The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.
This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does SHROUD mean?

SHROUD noun
  1. That which clothes, covers, conceals, or protects; a garment.
  2. Especially, the dress for the dead; a winding sheet.
  3. That which covers or shelters like a shroud.
  4. A covered place used as a retreat or shelter, as a cave or den; also, a vault or crypt.
  5. A rope or cable serving to support the mast sideways.
  6. One of the two annular plates at the periphery of a water wheel, which form the sides of the buckets; a shroud plate.
SHROUD verb
  1. To cover with a shroud.
  2. To conceal or hide from view, as if by a shroud.
  3. To take shelter or harbour.
SHROUD noun
  1. The branching top of a tree; foliage.
SHROUD verb
  1. To lop the branches from (a tree).

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