Cryptic crossword clue
Flocks of birds heading for distant parts 6

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word CROWDS

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The straight part
We know that "Flocks" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case flocks = crowds.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does CROWDS mean?

CROWDS noun
  1. A group of people congregated or collected into a close body without order.
  2. Several things collected or closely pressed together; also, some things adjacent to each other.
  3. (with definite article) The so-called lower orders of people; the populace, vulgar.
  4. A group of people united or at least characterised by a common interest.
CROWDS verb
  1. To press forward; to advance by pushing.
  2. To press together or collect in numbers
  3. To press or drive together, especially into a small space; to cram.
  4. To fill by pressing or thronging together
  5. (often used with "out of" or "off") To push, to press, to shove.
  6. To approach another ship too closely when it has right of way.
  7. (of a square-rigged ship) To carry excessive sail in the hope of moving faster.
  8. To press by solicitation; to urge; to dun; hence, to treat discourteously or unreasonably.
CROWDS noun
  1. (now dialectal) A fiddle.
CROWDS verb
  1. To play on a crowd; to fiddle.
CROWDS noun
  1. An archaic stringed instrument associated particularly with Wales, though once played widely in Europe, and characterized by a vaulted back and enough space for the player to stop each of the six strings on the fingerboard.

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