The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word HAY
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
H
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Y
More clues leading to the result HAY
- Hot year grips area, creating dried grass
- Conclusion to clash, indeed, that’s cut and dried!
- Conclusion of research, indeed, something cut and dried
- Glad to dump two pianos in the grass
- Hit the grass
- Ted, for ever following Hearts
- Dry grass now transported, brought to the old Welsh town
- Welsh town known for literary fodder?
- Product of radiance and opportunism
- Chinese cat goes for cock, perhaps
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The straight part
We know that "that’s cut and dried!" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case that’s cut and dried! = hay.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 HAY mean?
HAY noun- Grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder.
- Any mix of green leafy plants used for fodder.
- Cannabis; marijuana.
- A net set around the haunt of an animal, especially a rabbit.
- To cut grasses or herb plants for use as animal fodder.
- To lay snares for rabbits.
- A hedge.
- A net placed around the lair or burrow of an animal.
- An enclosure, haw.
- A circular country dance.
- The letter for the h sound in Pitman shorthand.