Cryptic crossword clue
Divided group of women — fifty granted entry 6

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word CLOVEN

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The straight part
We know that "Divided" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case divided = cloven.
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 CLOVEN mean?

CLOVEN verb
  1. To split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument.
  2. To break a single crystal (such as a gemstone or semiconductor wafer) along one of its more symmetrical crystallographic planes (often by impact), forming facets on the resulting pieces.
  3. To make or accomplish by or as if by cutting.
  4. To split (a complex molecule) into simpler molecules.
  5. To split.
  6. Of a crystal, to split along a natural plane of division.
CLOVEN adjective
  1. Split, sundered, or divided.

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