The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word LARIAT
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More clues leading to the result LARIAT
- A trial — faulty lasso
- Cowcatcher in car, not the front, in the flipping rear!
- Follow up about a source of rope — this rope?
- Latin song by tenor: The Cowboy’s Accessory
- A trial leading to the noose?
- Rope has number in Lithuania
- Operatic song with officer about a rope
- Rope line, one gnawed by a rodent?
- Rope in a trial becomes tangled
- Strain on stage stretches lieutenant’s rope
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The straight part
We know that "this rope?" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case this rope? = lariat.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does LARIAT mean?
LARIAT noun- A lasso.
- A tether.
- An attack where the wrestler runs towards an opponent, wraps his arm around their upper chest and neck and then forces them to the ground.
- To lasso.