The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word THE
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More clues leading to the result THE
- Article you once left incomplete
- Finish off next article
- Left university in old Greek city with depression
- Article used in Athens
- Article appearing in Echo after Thursday
- Article Esther conceals
- Extract from southern article
- & 11 Everything is fiery torment almost – taking refuge in drink
- Article shared by heathen, atheist and others
- Article about Henry Lawrence
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The straight part
We know that "Article" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case article = the.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 THE mean?
THE adverb- With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.
- With a comparative, and often with for it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated with none. See none the.
- For each; per.