The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SWERVE
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More clues leading to the result SWERVE
- Change direction suddenly: work with forces protecting West
- Move to avoid waltz’s beginning during ball at court
- Suddenly turn to render assistance, grabbing wife
- Turn aside from wife having cut benefit
- . Change of direction in Society – we have to adopt rule
- Women inside satisfy and swing
- Curl first shot around edge of wall
- Change direction suddenly and benefit, grabbing wicket
- Move to avoid delivery of ball, securing wide
- Change direction south-west and veer awkwardly
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The straight part
We know that "turn" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case turn = swerve.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does SWERVE mean?
SWERVE noun- A sudden movement out of a straight line, for example to avoid a collision.
- A deviation from duty or custom.
- To stray; to wander; to rove.
- To go out of a straight line; to deflect.
- To wander from any line prescribed, or from a rule or duty; to depart from what is established by law, duty, custom, or the like; to deviate.
- To bend; to incline.
- To climb or move upward by winding or turning.
- To turn aside or deviate to avoid impact.
- Of a projectile, to travel in a curved line
- To drive in the trajectory of another vehicle to stop it, to cut off.