The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word DENIM
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More clues leading to the result DENIM
- Perhaps a sett … the setter’s material
- Study this writer's material
- Material excavated mounted
- Material exploited the wrong way
- Material that's dug up
- Daughter revolutionised this writer's material
- Cloth width for print with dark edging
- Material is exploited, having turned up
- Material extracted from ground, sent up
- Material for overalls? Search among garden implements
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The straight part
We know that "Cloth" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case cloth = denim.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.
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What does DENIM mean?
DENIM noun- A textile often made of cotton with a distinct diagonal pattern.