Cryptic crossword clue
Big Aussie thug, the first person to be caught 6

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word BOOMER

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The straight part
We know that "Big Aussie" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case big aussie = boomer.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does BOOMER mean?

BOOMER noun
  1. A person born in the postwar years (generally considered in the United States and other Allied countries as between 1946 and the early 1960s), when there was a marked increase in birthrates throughout the Western world following the return of servicemen at the end of World War II.
BOOMER noun
  1. An adult male kangaroo.
  2. (by extension) A person who does not know how to utilize new technologies well.
  3. Something that makes a booming sound.
  4. (mainly 1920–1930) A transient worker who would move from boom town to boom town in search of temporary work.
  5. A device used to bind or tighten chain.
  6. A nuclear ballistic missile submarine, SSBN.
  7. A bittern (subfamily Botaurinae).
  8. A red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus).
  9. A mountain beaver (Aplodontia rufa).

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