The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word OAR
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result OAR
- Blade beheaded wild pig
- Row initially about cuts as an alternative
- Paddle round a river
- Obviously, all rowers need this to start
- Blade on another razor, initially
- Board amidships with this?
- Row after pig has head chopped off
- It’s used for paddling round a river
- Rower in loud cry when losing lead
- Rower in Tromso arriving
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The straight part
We know that "Blade" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case blade = oar.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does OAR mean?
OAR noun- A type of lever used to propel a boat, having a flat blade at one end and a handle at the other, and pivoted in a rowlock atop the gunwale, whereby a rower seated in the boat and pulling the handle can pass the blade through the water by repeated strokes against the water's resistance, thus moving the boat .
- An oarsman; a rower.
- An oar-like swimming organ of various invertebrates.
- To row; to travel with, or as if with, oars.