The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word RECITE
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More clues leading to the result RECITE
- Deliver poem perhaps about spectacle mentioned in speech
- Declaim liturgy without notes
- Read out liturgy outside church, having been lifted up
- Deliver on location, as told
- Read not so esoteric composition
- Brief script, yet evenly read
- Call out cooking instructions, but swap pepper for final pinch of salt
- Deliver publicly
- Perform liturgy going round church backwards
- Give detailed account of Beatrixregularly on return
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The straight part
We know that "Deliver poem perhaps" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case deliver poem perhaps = recite.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does RECITE mean?
RECITE verb- To repeat aloud (some passage, poem or other text previously memorized, or in front of one's eyes), often before an audience.
- To list or enumerate something.
- To deliver a recitation.