The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ATLAS
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More clues leading to the result ATLAS
- In which you'll find this range of mountains?
- Reference book sadly includes typos at the start
- One hugely burdened eventually taking time off
- Book finally shortened
- A sailor coming up in travel guide?
- A wit upsetting columnist?
- Book of maps in end left unfinished
- A sailor looking up guide to the world
- Reference book finally reduced
- Unfashionable Asian satin in the end not finished
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The straight part
We know that "guide to the world" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case guide to the world = atlas.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 ATLAS mean?
ATLAS noun- A bound collection of maps often including tables, illustrations or other text.
- A bound collection of tables, illustrations etc. on any given subject.
- (especially of the human body) A detailed visual conspectus of something of great and multi-faceted complexity, with its elements splayed so as to be presented in as discrete a manner as possible whilst retaining a realistic view of the whole.
- A collection of top-dimensional subspaces, called charts, each homeomorphic to Euclidean space, which comprise the entirety of a manifold, such that intersecting charts' respective homeomorphisms are compatible in a certain way.
- The uppermost vertebra of the neck.
- One who supports a heavy burden; mainstay.
- A figure of a man used as a column; telamon.
- A sheet of paper measuring 26 inches by 34 inches.
- A rich satin fabric.