The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SORTS
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result SORTS
- Classes very restless, teacher stressed at first
- In Mayday message, disheartened recruit types …
- Emergency call about right types
- More than one kind empress or tsarina’s captured
- People are unhappy when out of these groups
- Types one letter for ‘Saint’ or two reversed?
- What one is not well out of?
- All of which may be sweet?
- Types in the way indicated and retweets
- Arranges types
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The straight part
We know that "types" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case types = sorts.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 SORTS mean?
SORTS noun- A general type.
- Manner; form of being or acting.
- Condition above the vulgar; rank.
- A person evaluated in a certain way (bad, good, strange, etc.).
- Group, company.
- A good-looking woman.
- An act of sorting.
- An algorithm for sorting a list of items into a particular sequence.
- A piece of metal type used to print one letter, character, or symbol in a particular size and style.
- A type.
- Chance; lot; destiny.
- A full set of anything, such as a pair of shoes, or a suit of clothes.
- To separate items into different categories according to certain criteria that determine their sorts.
- To arrange into some sequence, usually numerically, alphabetically or chronologically.
- To conjoin; to put together in distribution; to class.
- To conform; to adapt; to accommodate.
- To choose from a number; to select; to cull.
- To join or associate with others, especially with others of the same kind or species; to agree.
- To suit; to fit; to be in accord; to harmonize.
- To fix (a problem) or handle (a task).
- To attack physically.