The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SCATHE
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More clues leading to the result SCATHE
- Go away — explosive will bring blast!
- Female nursing pet once hurt
- Savage queen maybe featured in women’s magazine
- Carpet in Chartres Cathedral
- She takes in pet that’s hurt
- Injure head in smacking roughly against article
- Blast from explosive — get away before that!
- Harm that comes from the woman embracing tiger?
- Damage agricultural tool scrubbing yard for head of abbey
- Injure tax-man
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The straight part
We know that "once hurt" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case once hurt = scathe.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.
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What does SCATHE mean?
SCATHE noun- Harm; damage; injury; hurt; misfortune; waste.
- To injure or harm.
- To blast; scorch; wither.