The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word BEGGAR
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More clues leading to the result BEGGAR
- Display containing goods one can’t choose?
- Pub holds onto protein-rich food for down-and-out
- Pub welcomes nit, one with cap in hand?
- One who prays is good, good adult, right?
- Exhaust horse during show
- One asking Paddington, say, to eat horse
- Basic food in drinking establishment for 2
- Carry round goods for one who can’t afford them
- Impoverish Russia symbolically over gulag being evacuated?
- Tramp in pub eating food
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The straight part
We know that "one can’t choose" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case one can’t choose = beggar.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.
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What does BEGGAR mean?
BEGGAR noun- A person who begs.
- A person suffering from extreme poverty.
- (sometimes affectionate) A mean or wretched person; a scoundrel.
- A minced oath for bugger.
- To make a beggar of someone; impoverish.
- To exhaust the resources of; to outdo.