The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word EXACTS
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More clues leading to the result EXACTS
- Former partner takes steps producing demands
- Bang on front of shield, making demands
- Demands of old lover met with deeds
- Demandsold book
- Demands to see old religious text
- Demands and gets precise amount of old money
- Demands price of former measures
- Previous bills or demands
- Demands law to intervene in sex-change
- Claims made by old part of Bible
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The straight part
We know that "demands" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case demands = exacts.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does EXACTS mean?
EXACTS verb- To demand and enforce the payment or performance of, sometimes in a forcible or imperious way.
- To make desirable or necessary.
- To inflict; to forcibly obtain or produce.