The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word PLIANT
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More clues leading to the result PLIANT
- Flexible creeper pruned in part
- Be very eager to employ Liberal, one that’s flexible
- Adaptable piece of art nail pinned up
- Flexible scheme I adopted on the third of October
- Elastic hem of bikini caught in bush?
- Agent provocateur to admit one’s easily influenced
- Physical training keeps pin-up flexible
- Flexible part broken by turning spike
- One taken in by spy, easily influenced
- Place firmly in position to keep top of it from bending easily
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What does PLIANT mean?
PLIANT adjective- Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking
- Easily influenced; tractable.