Cryptic crossword clue
Cancel fight 5

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SCRAP

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The straight part
We know that "Cancel/fight" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case cancel/fight = scrap.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does SCRAP mean?

SCRAP noun
  1. A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.
  2. (usually in the plural) Leftover food.
  3. The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat.
  4. Discarded objects (especially metal) that may be dismantled to recover their constituent materials, junk.
  5. (in the plural) A piece of deep-fried batter left over from frying fish, sometimes sold with chips.
  6. A Hispanic criminal, especially a Mexican or one affiliated with the Norte gang.
  7. A snare for catching birds.
SCRAP verb
  1. To discard.
  2. (of a project or plan) To stop working on indefinitely.
  3. To scrapbook; to create scrapbooks.
  4. To dispose of at a scrapyard.
  5. To make into scrap.
SCRAP noun
  1. A fight, tussle, skirmish.
SCRAP verb
  1. To fight

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