The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word PROBES
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result PROBES
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The straight part
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What does PROBES mean?
PROBES noun- Any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc.
- Something which penetrates something else, as though to explore; something which obtains information.
- An act of probing; a prod, a poke.
- An investigation or inquiry.
- A tube attached to an aircraft which can be fitted into the drogue from a tanker aircraft to allow for aerial refuelling.
- A small device, especially an electrode, used to explore, investigate or measure something by penetrating or being placed in it.
- A small, usually unmanned, spacecraft used to acquire information or measurements about its surroundings.
- (game of go) a move with multiple answers seeking to make the opponent choose and commit to a strategy
- Any group of atoms or molecules radioactively labeled in order to study a given molecule or other structure
- To explore, investigate, or question
- To insert a probe into.