The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word MISHEAR
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More clues leading to the result MISHEAR
- Catch badly in marshier ground, conceding one run
- Fail to get money supply cut
- Fail to pick up single female in a month
- Fail to pick up email, even with son having try!
- Incorrectly pick up short cut following motorway
- Don’t catch correctly when talking – don’t catch at this point
- Poorly judge?
- Think you said ‘Is in a harem,’ quite wrongly
- Improperly catch a little hoodlum — is he armed?
- Fail to gather Coot’s lying about barber
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The straight part
We know that "Fail to pick up" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case fail to pick up = mishear.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does MISHEAR mean?
MISHEAR verb- To hear wrongly.
- To misunderstand.