The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word TRILBY
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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I
L
B
Y
More clues leading to the result TRILBY
- In operetta, what’s put before jury? Not a hat
- Attempt to obtain one pound hat
- Novel hat
- Attempt to keep one pound in hat
- Attempt to hide a pound in hat?
- I put on pound in a go? That should form a lid
- Novel hat for a Parisian model
- Hat I pound during test
- Hear about one pound getting you a hat
- Short tweet getting through, it’s felt
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "hat" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case hat = trilby.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 TRILBY mean?
TRILBY noun- A narrow-brimmed felt hat.