The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word CINCH
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More clues leading to the result CINCH
- Westward of Scottish isle there’s cold breeze
- At hotel, commander gets piece of cake
- Conservative creep is a pushover
- A piece of cake for top military bod Henry
- What’s 254 cm? Singularly easy answer
- Military supremo with hard or easy thing to do
- Army chief posts piece of cake
- Decorative shell — getting one for nothing is a certainty
- 8ft 4in girth of American
- Carbon measurement should offer certainty
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The straight part
We know that "a certainty" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case a certainty = cinch.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does CINCH mean?
CINCH noun- A simple saddle girth used in Mexico.
- Something that is very easy to do.
- A firm hold.
- To bring to certain conclusion.
- To tighten down.
- A variety of auction pitch in which a draw to improve the hand is added, and the five of trumps (called "right Pedro") and the five of the same colour (called "left Pedro", and ranking between the five and the four of trumps) are each worth five. Fifty-one points make a game.
- In the game of cinch, to protect (a trick) by playing a higher trump than the five.