The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word LEDGER
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More clues leading to the result LEDGER
- Held in both hands, carefully move account book
- Book creep held in hands
- Book containing accounts of both sides astride border
- One moving slowly with large account book
- Account book found by shelf on right
- Shelf with foremost of reference books
- Went ahead with good early run, firstly for the record book
- Account book found by shelf close to Chancellor
- One rightgrabbing advantage with both hands
- Book presenting two sides, full of incisiveness
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "Account book" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case account book = ledger.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 LEDGER mean?
LEDGER noun- A book for keeping notes, especially one for keeping accounting records; a record book, a register.
- A large, flat stone, especially one laid over a tomb.
- A collection of accounting entries consisting of credits and debits.
- A board attached to a wall to provide support for attaching other structural elements (such as deck joists or roof rafters) to a building.
- Short for ledger bait or ledger line (“fishing line used with ledger bait for bottom fishing; ligger”).
- To record (something) in, or as if in, a ledger.
- To use (a certain type of bait) in bottom fishing.
- To engage in bottom fishing.