Cryptic crossword clue
Dad intermittently uses way through mountains 4

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

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The straight part

We know that "way through mountains" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case way through mountains = pass.

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 PASS mean?

1. To change place.
2. To change in state or status
3. To move through time.
4. To be accepted.
5. In any game, to decline to play in one's turn.
6. To do or be better.
7. To take heed.

1. An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise impracticable barrier such as a mountain range; a passageway; a defile; a ford.
2. A channel connecting a river or body of water to the sea, for example at the mouth (delta) of a river.
3. A single movement, especially of a hand, at, over or along anything.
4. A single passage of a tool over something, or of something over a tool.
5. An attempt.
6. Success in an examination or similar test.
7. A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary.
8. A thrust; a sally of wit.
9. A sexual advance.
10. The act of moving the ball or puck from one player to another.
11. A passing of two trains in the same direction on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other overtake it.
12. Permission or license to pass, or to go and come.
13. A document granting permission to pass or to go and come; a passport; a ticket permitting free transit or admission
14. An intentional walk.
15. The act of overtaking; an overtaking manoeuvre.
16. The state of things; condition; predicament; impasse.
17. Estimation; character.
18. (Chaucer) A part, a division. Compare passus.
19. The area in a restaurant kitchen where the finished dishes are passed from the chefs to the waiting staff.
20. An act of declining to play one's turn in a game, often by saying the word "pass".
21. A run through a document as part of a translation, compilation or reformatting process.

1. A password (especially one for a restricted-access website).

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