The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word VENDOR
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result VENDOR
- Before repair, initially aim to stop very old machine giving out
- Person selling part of cooker with two rings missing
- Seller of very little scrap gold
- Still without its first back bar retailer
- Seller travelled around north, rising after five
- Person who sells five to finish with gold
- One selling against target requiring gold
- Flogger takes up rod after Sven loses shirt
- Drove new buggy to find dealer
- Sarod never returned to store dealer
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The straight part
We know that "machine giving out" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case machine giving out = vendor.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 VENDOR mean?
VENDOR noun- A person or a company that vends or sells.
- A vending machine.
- To bundle third-party dependencies with the source code for one's own program.
- As the software vendor, to bundle one's own, possibly modified version of dependencies with a standard program.