Cryptic crossword clue
Conservative standing is eccentric 5

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word CRANK

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The straight part
We know that "eccentric" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case eccentric = crank.
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What does CRANK mean?

CRANK noun
  1. A bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an attached arm perpendicular, or nearly so, to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation to a wheel or other mechanical device; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion.
  2. The act of converting power into motion, by turning a crankshaft.
  3. Any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage.
  4. An ill-tempered or nasty person.
  5. A twist or turn of the mind; caprice; whim;
  6. A fit of temper or passion.
  7. (dated in US) A person who is considered strange or odd by others. They may behave in unconventional ways.
  8. (1800s) A baseball fan.
  9. An advocate of a pseudoscience movement.
  10. A twist or turn in speech; word play consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word.
  11. A sick person; an invalid.
  12. A penis.
CRANK verb
  1. To turn by means of a crank.
  2. To turn a crank.
  3. (of a crank or similar) To turn.
  4. To cause to spin via other means, as though turned by a crank.
  5. To act in a cranky manner; to behave unreasonably and irritably, especially through complaining.
  6. To be running at a high level of output or effort.
  7. To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn.
CRANK adjective
  1. Strange, weird, odd.
  2. Sick; unwell
  3. (of a ship) Liable to capsize because of poorly stowed cargo or insufficient ballast.
  4. Full of spirit; brisk; lively; sprightly; overconfident; opinionated.
CRANK noun
  1. A highly addictive phenethylamine stimulant drug, similar to cocaine. Its systematic (IUPAC) name is (S)-N-methyl-1-phenylpropan-2-amine.

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