The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word CUBE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result CUBE
- Youngster close to nine, possibly eight
- Youngster with energy — eight?
- Live with copper — 27, possibly
- Dice the buccaneer keeps rolling over
- Power line for telephone
- Solid recollection of Nebuchadnezzar bottles
- Shape of truncated island close to Belize
- Hint, having book set in 1728, say
- Young animal on earth possibly eight
- Solid snooker player uses it potting black
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The straight part
We know that "solid" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case solid = cube.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 CUBE mean?
CUBE noun- A regular polyhedron having six identical square faces.
- Any object more or less in the form of a cube.
- The third power of a number, value, term or expression.
- A data structure consisting of a three-dimensional array; a data cube
- A Rubick's cube style puzzle, not necessarily in the shape of a cube
- To raise to the third power; to determine the result of multiplying by itself twice.
- To form into the shape of a cube.
- To cut into cubes.
- To use a Rubik's cube.
- A cubicle, especially one of those found in offices.