The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word BOSOM
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result BOSOM
- Do well to keep son very close
- Intimate Pole embracing another Pole
- In turn, doctor very brave just opening heart
- Centre succeeded in time of growth
- Thunder keeping son very close
- Second blast outside is very close
- Bust — or its opposite, hiding beginning of slump
- Tits like to hide in retreating rabble
- Doctor shed tears over breast
- Where’s the feeling that could make Maureen cry when upset
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The straight part
We know that "Centre" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case centre = bosom.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does BOSOM mean?
BOSOM noun- (somewhat obsolete) The breast or chest of a human (or sometimes of another animal).
- The seat of one's inner thoughts, feelings etc.; one's secret feelings; desire.
- The protected interior or inner part of something; the area enclosed as by an embrace.
- The part of a dress etc. covering the chest; a neckline.
- A woman's breast(s).
- Any thing or place resembling the breast; a supporting surface; an inner recess; the interior.
- A depression round the eye of a millstone.
- To enclose or carry in the bosom; to keep with care; to take to heart; to cherish.
- To conceal; to hide from view; to embosom.
- To belly; to billow, swell or bulge.
- To belly; to cause to billow, swell or bulge.
- In a very close relationship.