The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word MIAOW
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More clues leading to the result MIAOW
- Sound catty without direct upset
- Chairman wants at first to stifle one catty remark
- Complaint from queen, perhaps, brought back without purpose?
- Catty remark? Object returning it’s painful
- Tom's comment perhaps sent up without end?
- How Persian might go without train to the west
- Call for Tom to cut grass around one area
- Catty utterance from a girl, that hurts
- Tom’s cry maybe as ambition rebuffed – “That hurts!”
- It could be a queen’s demand
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The straight part
We know that "Complaint from queen, perhaps" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case complaint from queen, perhaps = miaow.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does MIAOW mean?
MIAOW noun- The cry of a cat.
- The drug mephedrone.
- Of a cat, to make its cry.