The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word PRESS
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More clues leading to the result PRESS
- Prioress denied port and jam
- Part of training regime on ship has youngsters boxing
- Lean on the papers
- Exercise before small drink
- City’s losing to Newcastle initially, bringing crowd together
- What will pin down a Romeo among the reporters?
- Iron resolution possessed by private secretary
- Crowd in Fleet Street?
- Iron / stuff in / cupboard
- Smooth out / newspapers and magazines
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The straight part
We know that "Crowd/Fleet Street?" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case crowd/fleet street? = press.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does PRESS mean?
PRESS noun- A device used to apply pressure to an item.
- A printing machine.
- (collective) The print-based media (both the people and the newspapers).
- A publisher.
- An enclosed storage space (e.g. closet, cupboard).
- An exercise in which weight is forced away from the body by extension of the arms or legs.
- (wagering) An additional bet in a golf match that duplicates an existing (usually losing) wager in value, but begins even at the time of the bet.
- Pure, unfermented grape juice.
- A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy.
- A crowd.
- To exert weight or force against, to act upon with force or weight; to exert pressure upon.
- To activate a button or key by exerting a downward or forward force on it, and then releasing it.
- To compress, squeeze.
- To clasp, hold in an embrace.
- To reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure, especially flatten or smooth.
- To flatten a selected area of fabric using an iron with an up-and-down, not sliding, motion, so as to avoid disturbing adjacent areas.
- To drive or thrust by pressure, to force in a certain direction.
- To weigh upon, oppress, trouble.
- To force to a certain end or result; to urge strongly.
- To try to force (something upon someone).
- To hasten, urge onward.
- To urge, beseech, entreat.
- To lay stress upon.
- To throng, crowd.
- To print.
- To force into service, particularly into naval service.