The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word TRICE
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result TRICE
- Star circle oddly ignored for moment
- He leaves the grain for a moment
- Instant alternative to potatoes, on time?
- This sec last? It’s confused with claret maybe
- Flash group of people, born to be Conservative
- Second knight leaving cards won by earl
- Tennis’s beginning on grass in a moment
- A Lloyd Webber’s partner for a short while
- A Lloyd Webber’s ex-partner’s flash
- A Lloyd Webber’s partner’s moment?
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What does TRICE mean?
TRICE verb- To pull, to pull out or away, to pull sharply.
- To drag or haul, especially with a rope; specifically to haul or hoist and tie up by means of a rope.
- Now only in the phrase in a trice: a very short time; an instant, a moment.
- A pulley, a windlass.