The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word MITTEN
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result MITTEN
- Enid starts to follow, hand in glove
- Digital temperature regulator needed when head lost in love
- I might have a hand in teetotaller’s wearing manner
- Obsessed with losing small glove
- Showing bottom? It tends to result in hands covering
- Hit the top off the glove
- Protection for hand, but struck head off
- Single knitted item? Beguiled? Not originally
- It offers protection against cold, dry air pockets
- Look around edges of thicket for a glove
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The straight part
We know that "glove" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case glove = mitten.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does MITTEN mean?
MITTEN noun- A type of glove or garment that covers a hand with a separate sheath for the thumb, but not for other fingers, which are either enclosed in a single section or left uncovered.
- A cat's or dog's paw that is a different colour from the main body.
- (as "the mitten") A romantic rejection; dismissal of a lover.
- To dress in mittens; to put a mitten on.