The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word NIECE
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More clues leading to the result NIECE
- Terribly nice English family member
- A German turning back to welcome city relative
- Pleasant hosting European relative
- Pleasant entertaining eastern relative
- Family member, German one, returning from Cologne after vacation
- Family member that is entering new church
- Inheritance finally claimed by particular relative
- Relative of Bonnie wanting half the case about Clyde
- City area in Northern Ireland originally enticing family member
- Uncle’s child, agreeable to embrace revenge, finally
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The straight part
We know that "Family member" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case family member = niece.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does NIECE mean?
NIECE noun- A daughter of one’s sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either the daughter of one's brother ("fraternal niece"), or of one's sister ("sororal niece").