The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word DEUCE
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More clues leading to the result DEUCE
- A devil or two
- Infer -500 = 40-40?
- Level of tennis where vitality under discussion?
- End of one was indication to set up two
- The point at which an advantage always follows.
- Devil of a stalemate in court
- Two infer second of daughters should be ignored
- Two died next to Brussels church
- …two for Uncle Sam but non-alcoholic by the sound of it
- Devil's score of 40-40
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The straight part
We know that "A devil or two" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case a devil or two = deuce.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does DEUCE mean?
DEUCE noun- A card with two pips, one of four in a standard deck of playing cards.
- A side of a die with two spots.
- A cast of dice totalling two.
- The number two.
- A tied game where either player can win by scoring two consecutive points.
- A curveball.
- A '32 Ford.
- (in the plural) 2-barrel (twin choke) carburetors (in the phrase 3 deuces: an arrangement on a common intake manifold).
- (restaurants) A table seating two diners.
- A piece of excrement.
- (epithet) The Devil, used in exclamations of confusion or anger.