The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word TOMB
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More clues leading to the result TOMB
- Grave, sort of square old doctor
- Burial place of Thomas Black
- Public schoolboy half-cut? That's grave
- Tom Thumb’s last resting place?
- Cat and comb ultimately makes catacomb?
- To doctor, evidence of his failure?
- . Black cat put in front grave
- Tom Baker, to start with, is grave
- Bowling, not full out? Being stiff one may come to this
- Grave disease consuming old man
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The straight part
We know that "Burial place" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case burial place = tomb.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does TOMB mean?
TOMB noun- A small building (or "vault") for the remains of the dead, with walls, a roof, and (if it is to be used for more than one corpse) a door. It may be partly or wholly in the ground (except for its entrance) in a cemetery, or it may be inside a church proper or in its crypt. Single tombs may be permanently sealed; those for families (or other groups) have doors for access whenever needed.
- A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited; a grave.
- One who keeps secrets.
- To bury.