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

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What does BUSTED mean?

BUSTED adjective
  1. (often used in combination with an adjective) Having a certain type of bust (breasts; cleavage).
BUSTED verb
  1. To break.
  2. To arrest (someone) for a crime.
  3. To catch (someone) in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal, especially when being done in a sneaky or secretive state.
  4. An emphatic synonym of do or get.
  5. To reduce in rank.
  6. To undo a trade, generally an error trade, that has already been executed.
  7. To lose all of one's chips.
  8. To exceed a score of 21.
  9. To break in (an animal).
  10. To ejaculate; to eject semen.
BUSTED adjective
  1. Broke; having no money.
  2. Caught in the act of doing something one shouldn't do.
  3. Extremely ugly.
  4. Tired.
  5. Broken.

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