The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word AWHILE
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More clues leading to the result AWHILE
- Stunned response around high ground reduced for some time
- Married couple, briefly in trouble, finally separate for a short time
- A deceit to take heroin for some time
- For a short time, wonder about greeting Liberal
- A ploy to detain Hamlet, initially for a brief period
- Drink spiked with whisky? Half-cut for some time
- A trick used in speech for some time
- Hard one left in fear for some time
- For some time wonder about rise being cut
- Sounds like drunk's left in wonder for a moment
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The straight part
We know that "some time" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case some time = awhile.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 AWHILE mean?
AWHILE adverb- For some time; for a short time.
- (Pennsylvania Dutch English, US) In the meantime; during an implicit ongoing process.