The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word TALON
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More clues leading to the result TALON
- In fact, a long claw
- Short lecture on form of bird's claw
- Section of foot — a long claw
- One hooked on bird from Barnet, a Londoner
- A large weight’s secured pile of cards
- Claw used in some brutal onslaught
- Volunteers half of the City’s stock
- One that grabs cards laid out on table
- Coast along, showing where to hold prey?
- Metal only covers part of claw
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The straight part
We know that "where to hold prey?" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case where to hold prey? = talon.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does TALON mean?
TALON noun- A sharp, hooked claw of a bird of prey or other predatory animal.
- One of certain small prominences on the hind part of the face of an elephant's tooth.
- A kind of moulding, concave at the bottom and convex at the top; an ogee. (When the concave part is at the top, it is called an inverted talon.)
- The shoulder of the bolt of a lock on which the key acts to shoot the bolt.
- In various card games, the remaining stock of undealt cards.