The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word POLICY
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The straight part
We know that "line" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case line = policy.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does POLICY mean?
POLICY noun- A principle of behaviour, conduct etc. thought to be desirable or necessary, especially as formally expressed by a government or other authoritative body.
- Wise or advantageous conduct; prudence, formerly also with connotations of craftiness.
- Specifically, political shrewdness or (formerly) cunning; statecraft.
- (now chiefly in the plural) The grounds of a large country house.
- The art of governance; political science.
- A state; a polity.
- A set political system; civil administration.
- A trick; a stratagem.
- Motive; object; inducement.
- To regulate by laws; to reduce to order.
- A contract of insurance.
- A document containing or certifying this contract.
- An illegal daily lottery in late nineteenth and early twentieth century USA on numbers drawn from a lottery wheel (no plural)
- A number pool lottery