Cryptic crossword clue
Back inside declare a recess 4

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word REAR

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The straight part

We know that "Back" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case back = rear.

The cryptic/wordplay part

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This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does REAR mean?

1. To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster.
2. (said of people towards animals) To breed and raise.
3. To rise up on the hind legs
4. (usually with "up") To get angry.
5. To rise high above, tower above.
6. To raise physically or metaphorically; to lift up; to cause to rise, to elevate.
7. To construct by building; to set up
8. To raise spiritually; to lift up; to elevate morally.
9. To lift and take up.
10. To rouse; to strip up.

1. To move; stir.
2. (of geese) To carve.
3. (regional, obsolete) To revive, bring to life, quicken. (only in the phrase, to rear to life)

1. (of eggs) Underdone; nearly raw.
2. (of meats) Rare.

1. The back or hindmost part; that which is behind, or last on order; - opposed to front.
2. Specifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes last, or is stationed behind the rest.
3. The buttocks, a creature's bottom

1. To place in the rear; to secure the rear of.
2. To sodomize (perform anal sex)

1. Being behind, or in the hindmost part; hindmost

1. Early; soon

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