The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word GLANCE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result GLANCE
- Good old weapon getting a quick look
- Look good with weapon
- Look for good clean resort
- Stroke German weapon
- Mineral containing lead, look!
- Cricket shot, cut clinically by Glamorgan’s opener
- Butchers grill Aberdeen cattle topsides and rumps
- Glimpse new candied cakes
- Look quickly at German weapon
- Catch a glimpse of German weapon
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The straight part
We know that "A batsman’s stroke/look" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case a batsman’s stroke/look = glance.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 GLANCE mean?
GLANCE noun- A brief or cursory look.
- A deflection.
- A stroke in which the ball is deflected to one side.
- A sudden flash of light or splendour.
- An incidental or passing thought or allusion.
- Any of various sulphides, mostly dark-coloured, which have a brilliant metallic lustre.
- Glance coal.
- To look briefly (at something).
- To graze a surface.
- To sparkle.
- To move quickly, appearing and disappearing rapidly; to be visible only for an instant at a time; to move interruptedly; to twinkle.
- To strike and fly off in an oblique direction; to dart aside.
- To hit lightly with the head, make a deft header.
- To make an incidental or passing reflection; to allude; to hint; often with at.
- A type of interaction between parent fish and offspring in which juveniles swim toward and rapidly touch the sides of the parent, in most cases feeding on parental mucus. Relatively few species glance, mainly some Cichlidae.