The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word LOCH
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More clues leading to the result LOCH
- See church and northern lake
- See taps giving water
- Scottish landscape feature is close reportedly
- Up north finally, dip in mountains here?
- Water absorbed by Morello Cherry
- See award for natural feature of Scotland
- Lake of Locarno borders Switzerland
- Look! Chinese lake!
- First of all, look over Chennai's hot inlet
- See ChineseĀ lakeĀ
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The straight part
We know that "inlet" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case inlet = loch.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 LOCH mean?
LOCH noun- A lake.
- A bay or arm of the sea.
- A medicine in a soft form taken by licking; a lambative, a linctus.