The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word PELVIS
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result PELVIS
- Power demonstrated by singer – who wiggled this
- Exercise is to be taken around 55 for strong skeletal structure
- Bottom of pop singer’s hips
- Location of hip joint featuring rock star on piano
- Part of the body, the sound of Peking?
- Elvis P. danced with this hipbone
- Prince and the King are hip
- Singer Costello, following onset of pulled groin?
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The straight part
We know that "strong skeletal structure" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case strong skeletal structure = pelvis.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does PELVIS mean?
PELVIS noun- The large compound bone structure at the base of the spine that supports the legs. It consists of hip bone, sacrum and coccyx.
- A funnel-shaped cavity, especially such a cavity in the kidney into which urine passes towards the ureter