The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word PARAGRAPH
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
P
A
R
A
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R
A
P
H
More clues leading to the result PARAGRAPH
- Passage of a good king, dressed with flourish
- Several lines as standard on a chart
- A few lines, silver fish hooks and a perch to be gutted
- Secretary to mock and criticise hard lines
- Article
- Bits of text that often come in at the beginning
- Piece of text soldier attached to chart
- Soldier with chart for passage
- Block of words soldier attached to chart
- Part of paper soldier with chart
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "A few lines" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case a few lines = paragraph.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does PARAGRAPH mean?
PARAGRAPH noun- A passage in text that is about a different subject from the preceding text, marked by commencing on a new line, the first line sometimes being indented.
- A mark or note set in the margin to call attention to something in the text, such as a change of subject.
- An offset of 16 bytes in Intel memory architectures.
- To sort text into paragraphs.