The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 plus 8 letter word HOME STRAIGHT
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More clues leading to the result HOME STRAIGHT
- Final part getting house in order
- Frank trailing in last part of the race
- In uncomplicated final part of course
- Final part in hand
- Last part in hand
- Modify the histogram for final part of course
- Place above hand for last stretch
- Tiger Moth has to fly last bit of the journey
- Might a horse unfortunately start to tire here?
- Denouement characteristic of our great detective, say?
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "Denouement" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case denouement = home straight.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.