The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 2 plus 4 letter word ON HAND
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result ON HAND
- Present playing cards for the individual
- Where nails are available?
- Mostly, one casual worker is available
- Available worker joining number returning
- Where 1 10 are available
- Convenient place to keep rings
- Acceptable performer available
- Willing to participate, worker readily available
- How one might describe index that’s available
- Available digitally
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The straight part
We know that "Convenient/place to keep rings" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case convenient/place to keep rings = on hand.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.