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The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word BOGEY

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The straight part

We know that "devil" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case devil = bogey.

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What does BOGEY mean?

1. One who robs others in a lawless area, especially as part of a group.
2. An outlaw.
3. One who cheats others.
4. An enemy aircraft.
5. A runner who covertly joins a race without having registered as a participant.

1. An obnoxious, selfish and overbearing person; an attention hog.

1. (often capitalized, usually with definite article) The Devil.
2. A ghost, goblin, or other hostile supernatural creature.
3. A bugbear: any terrifying thing.
4. A standard of performance set up as a mark to be aimed at in competition.
5. An unidentified aircraft, especially as observed as a spot on a radar screen and suspected to be hostile.
6. A score of one over par on a hole.

1. To make a bogey.

1. A bog-standard (representative) specimen taken from the center of production.

1. A swim or bathe; a bath.

1. One of two sets of wheels under a locomotive or railcar; the structure with axles and wheels under a locomotive, railcar, or semi.
2. (Indian English, dated in UK) A railway carriage.
3. A toy similar to a violin bow, consisting of a wooden stick with notches along one or more sides or edges to produce a rattly noise when stroked against a hard edge, eg, the lip of container.

1. A piece of solid or semisolid mucus in or removed from a nostril.
2. Something suggestive of this material.
3. A thing; especially a problematic or difficult thing.

1. (mildly derogatory) A bodyboarder.

1. A bog-standard (representative) specimen taken from the center of production.

1. A swim or bathe; a bath.

1. To swim; to bathe.

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