The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word CHUMP
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More clues leading to the result CHUMP
- Friend beginning to play the fool
- Dummy president has trustee replaced by Conservative hothead
- Friend on piano is a Blockhead
- Dope from China going to Portugal
- Fool‘s mate? Pressure
- Friend with little money is a fool
- Chew a bit of camel's shoulder
- Catch umpire covering mark
- Pal beginning to play the fool?
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The straight part
We know that "Chew" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case chew = chump.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does CHUMP mean?
CHUMP verb- To bite or chew loudly or heavily.
- (Perl) To remove the final character from (a text string) if it is a newline (or, less commonly, some other programmer-specified character).
- An incompetent person, a blockhead; a loser.
- A gullible person; a sucker; someone easily taken advantage of; someone lacking common sense.
- The thick end, especially of a piece of wood or of a joint of meat.