The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word NAKED
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More clues leading to the result NAKED
- Finally bitten by a bloodsucking fly, being bald
- College officer upset about king as he paraded when duped?
- Twisted, dropping head, being without cover
- Moved twistily, heading off out of cover
- Clergymen finally grew hot, wanting bishop exposed
- Exposed as ladies with a seedy past?
- . Helpless rector departs in a huff
- Turned up, primarily dropping even knickers
- End troubled about a king in the altogether
- Defenceless king strangled by cleric from behind
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The straight part
We know that "as he paraded when duped?" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case as he paraded when duped? = naked.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does NAKED mean?
NAKED adjective- Bare, not covered by clothing.
- Lacking some clothing; clothed only in underwear.
- Glib, without decoration, put bluntly.
- Characterized by the nakedness of the people concerned or to whom the described noun is attributed.
- Unarmed.
- Unaided, unaccompanied.
- Unprotected, uncovered; (by extension) without a condom.
- (of a derivative contract) Where the writer (seller) does not own the underlying asset to cover the contract.
- Resourceless, poor, lacking means.
- (with “of”) Lacking or devoid of something.
- Blank, clean, empty.
- (of land, rocks, or plants) Barren, having no foliage, unvegetated.
- Uncomfortable or vulnerable, as if missing something important.
- (of food or other consumer products) Without any additives, or without some component that would usually be included.
- Of a singularity, not hidden within an event horizon and thus observable from other parts of spacetime.
- To make naked; to bare.