The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word NICKEL
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More clues leading to the result NICKEL
- Cut the Spanish metal
- Steal the Spanish coin
- Mark, the Spanish coin
- First half of bread’s gone? Only a fifth of a quarter
- Steal Spanish article and coin
- A pound almost left, and five US cents
- Trivial change in America?
- Change in US prison essential after evacuation
- Steal the Spanish piece
- Can the Spanish change in America?
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The straight part
We know that "metal" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case metal = nickel.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.
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What does NICKEL mean?
NICKEL noun- A silvery elemental metal with an atomic number of 28 and symbol Ni.
- A coin worth 5 cents.
- (by extension) Five dollars.
- (by extension) Five hundred dollars.
- (sometimes the nickel or the hot nickel) Interstate 5, a highway that runs along the west coast of the United States.
- A playing card with the rank of five
- A five-year prison sentence.
- A defensive formation with five defensive backs, one of whom is a nickelback, instead of the more common four.
- To plate with nickel.