Cryptic crossword clue
Crossing duty makes you strike? 4

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word TOLL

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The straight part

We know that "Crossing duty/strike" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case crossing duty/strike = toll.

The cryptic/wordplay part

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This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does TOLL mean?

1. Loss or damage incurred through a disaster.
2. A fee paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or for that of vending goods in a fair, market, etc.
3. A fee for using any kind of material processing service.
4. A tollbooth.
5. A liberty to buy and sell within the bounds of a manor.
6. A portion of grain taken by a miller as a compensation for grinding.

1. To impose a fee for the use of.
2. To levy a toll on (someone or something).
3. To take as a toll.
4. To pay a toll or tallage.

1. The act or sound of tolling

1. To ring (a bell) slowly and repeatedly.
2. To summon by ringing a bell.
3. To announce by tolling.

1. To draw; pull; tug; drag.
2. To tear in pieces.
3. To draw; entice; invite; allure.
4. To lure with bait; tole (especially, fish and animals).

1. To take away; to vacate; to annul.
2. To suspend.

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