The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word BARGE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result BARGE
- Lighter / force?
- Stripped, going around grammes lighter
- Bombardment, after withdrawal of artillery, lighter perhaps?
- Boat is exposed, shipping gallons
- Good to have nude round boat
- Lighter to bump into
- Start to go in, having shed clothes to get lighter
- Frow, German, coming in stripped
- German in uncovered boat
- Bump boat
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The straight part
We know that "lighter" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case lighter = barge.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does BARGE mean?
BARGE noun- A large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo.
- A richly decorated ceremonial state vessel propelled by rowers for river processions.
- A large flat-bottomed coastal trading vessel having a large spritsail and jib-headed topsail, a fore staysail and a very small mizen, and having leeboards instead of a keel.
- One of the boats of a warship having fourteen oars
- The wooden disk in which bread or biscuit is placed on a mess table.
- A double-decked passenger or freight vessel, towed by a steamboat.
- A large omnibus used for excursions.
- To intrude or break through, particularly in an unwelcome or clumsy manner.
- To push someone.