The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word EMMET
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More clues leading to the result EMMET
- Cornish tourist came across me, back at the front
- Tourist restricted, not the first or last to be upset
- Turning me on satisfied visitor to Land’s End?
- This writer mounted and satisfied social worker in the West Country
- Team’s regulars were introduced to six-footer
- System meant to hold up West Country tourist
- Compiler returned and hooked up with someone doing the Eden Project?
- Holidaymaker in Cornwall returning type of shirt
- Dorothy’s aunt was introduced to old worker?
- Holidaymaker‘s problem — meticulous clothes
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The straight part
We know that "Cornish tourist" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case cornish tourist = emmet.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does EMMET mean?
EMMET noun- An ant.
- (Cornish dialect) A tourist.