The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SMALLS
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result SMALLS
- Short text message about everyone’s underwear
- Underwear market surrounded by paramilitary force
- Drawers maybe start to scribble a couple of lines in writing
- Underwear stores empty around shopping centre
- Walk between bodyguards in 9 etc
- Special places to buy pants?
- Finally finds places to buy underwear
- Undergarments in galleria on board ship
- Undergarments for shops on board
- Arcade aboard ship supplies underwear
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The straight part
We know that "Drawers maybe" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case drawers maybe = smalls.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.
What does SMALLS mean?
SMALLS noun- Underwear.
- Small goods.
- (Oxford University slang) The preliminary examination for a degree.
- Short for small ad.
- Any part of something that is smaller or slimmer than the rest, now usually with anatomical reference to the back.
- To make little or less.
- To become small; to dwindle.