The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word DAPPER
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More clues leading to the result DAPPER
- Smartly-dressed traveller wanting somewhere to sleep on way back
- Smart to sample book, including pages lifted
- Surprisingly all but one prepaid for trim
- Neatly dressed agent with stuff going around
- Agent with somewhere to live – flipping smart
- Smart and very quietly absorbed in study from the east
- Smart, salesman dressing up
- Smart salesman getting flat when promoted
- Neat piece of software featuring in German article
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What does DAPPER mean?
DAPPER adjective- Neat, trim.
- Stylishly dressed, neatly dressed, spiffy.
- Quick; little and active.