The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word RINGLET
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result RINGLET
- Lock phone, given licence
- Lock phone on rental contract
- Curl of hair in item of jewellery permitted
- Girl with net twisted around curly hair
- Linger unhappily at stern of boat in lock
- Phone to hire out small band
- Phone one way and phone another way — it can be hairy
- Butterfly / circling part of Barnet?
- Lock of hair stuck inside covering letter
- Characteristic sound associated with Rent and Hair
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "curl in hair" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case curl in hair = ringlet.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.
What does RINGLET mean?
RINGLET noun- A small ring.
- A lock, tress.
- Any of various butterflies with small rings on the wings, in the tribe Satyrini of the family Nymphalidae, such as Aphantopus hyperantus.