The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SPLASH
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result SPLASH
- Feature page occupying hack
- Extravagantly publicise place in military band?
- Sensational story cut, chief of police implicated
- Trumpet has place in window
- Climbing southern mountains with husband in plaster
- Accepting pressure, substantially cut prominent article
- Feature in press records raised dust from eruption
- Big story about parking cut
- … leads to some papers linking burnt remains in prominent story
- Eye-catching feature in paper providing a little tonic
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The straight part
We know that "Extravagantly publicise" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case extravagantly publicise = splash.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 SPLASH mean?
SPLASH noun- The sound made by an object hitting a liquid.
- A small amount of liquid.
- A small amount (of color).
- A mark or stain made from a small amount of liquid.
- An impact or impression.
- A splash screen.
- A body press; a move where the wrestler jumps forward from a raised platform such as the top turnbuckle, landing stomach first across an opponent lying on the ground below.
- A cosmetic powder for the complexion.
- To hit or agitate liquid so that part of it separates from the principal liquid mass.
- To disperse a fluid suddenly; to splatter.
- To hit or expel liquid at
- To create an impact or impression; to print, post or publicize prominently.
- To spend (money)
- To launch a ship.
- To stab (a person), causing them to bleed.