The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word TWILL
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More clues leading to the result TWILL
- Fabric in wide opening drawer
- Tent was initially of poor quality fabric
- Ready container filled with women’s material
- Fabric of short double lines
- Fabric made from odd bits of tow, poor in quality
- Literarily, it’s going to weave
- Fabric wife left in drawer
- Drawer behind counter containing wide fabric
- Briefly, it is going to make fabric
- Half-cut idiot, hardly cavalry material
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The straight part
We know that "Fabric" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case fabric = twill.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does TWILL mean?
TWILL noun- A pattern, characterised by diagonal ridges, created by the regular interlacing of threads of the warp and weft during weaving.
- A cloth or portion of cloth woven in such a pattern.
- To weave (cloth, etc.) so as to produce the appearance of diagonal lines or ribs on the surface.