The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word FELT
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More clues leading to the result FELT
- Passed fingers over material
- Writer considered inept, page needing rework
- Considered suitable material for a hat
- Handled matted fabric
- Touched fabric
- Sensed the texture of soft material
- Handled soft material
- Considered suitable material for a fedora
- Had the sensation of being left out
- Ran fingers over fabric
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The straight part
We know that "Considered/suitable material for a hat" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case considered/suitable material for a hat = felt.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 FELT mean?
FELT noun- A cloth or stuff made of matted fibres of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning or weaving.
- A hat made of felt.
- A skin or hide; a fell; a pelt.
- To make into felt, or a feltlike substance; to cause to adhere and mat together.
- To cover with, or as if with, felt.
- To cause a player to lose all their chips.
- (heading) To use or experience the sense of touch.
- (heading) To sense or think emotionally or judgmentally.
- To be or become aware of.
- To experience the consequences of.
- To seem (through touch or otherwise).
- To understand.
- That has been experienced or perceived.