The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word HAT
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More clues leading to the result HAT
- Dislike endless opera?
- Headgear not initially expected in hot weather
- Almost loathe bowler, for one
- In which athletes find something to pass round
- Boater, perhaps, that's wasting time
- Which you need a head for?
- Maybe Balmoral talks will be endless
- Somewhat posh? A topper, perhaps
- Detest not going all the way in Balmoral?
- Lid – which is missing lid?
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The straight part
We know that "Balmoral?" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case balmoral? = hat.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does HAT mean?
HAT noun- A covering for the head, often in the approximate form of a cone or a cylinder closed at its top end, and sometimes having a brim and other decoration.
- A particular role or capacity that a person might fill.
- Any receptacle from which numbers/names are pulled out in a lottery.
- A hat switch.
- The háček symbol.
- The caret symbol ^.
- User rights on a website, such as the right to edit pages others cannot.
- (Cambridge University slang) A student who is also the son of a nobleman (and so allowed to wear a hat instead of a mortarboard).
- To place a hat on.
- To appoint as cardinal.
- (heading, physical) To strike.
- To manage to touch (a target) in the right place.
- To switch on.
- To briefly visit.
- To encounter an obstacle or other difficulty.
- (heading) To attain, to achieve.
- To affect negatively.
- To attack.
- (heading, games) To make a play.
- To use; to connect to.
- To have sex with.
- To inhale an amount of smoke from a narcotic substance, particularly marijuana.