The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word ERRAND
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More clues leading to the result ERRAND
- Make mistake with mission
- Trip went wrong out of Spain with a knight trapped
- Make mistake with simple task
- Trip to deliver money after expression of hesitation
- French president takes off glove for trip
- Former president scrapping Romney’s mission
- Make a mistake with commission
- Mission Spain oversaw gets in the way
- Message from a bishop recalled at last?
- Commission functioned as bridge between queen and daughter
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The straight part
We know that "Commission" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case commission = errand.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 ERRAND mean?
ERRAND noun- A journey undertaken to accomplish some task.
- The purpose of such a journey.
- An oral message trusted to a person for delivery.
- To send someone on an errand.
- To go on an errand.