The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 2 plus 3 plus 4 plus 2 plus 1 plus 3 letter word AT THE DROP OF A HAT
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More clues leading to the result AT THE DROP OF A HAT
- Where boater may go down instantly?
- How a race might have started, with all speed
- Father had potato messily and without thinking
- Hothead atop raft capsized immediately
- When capital protection falls off, it’s sudden
- Footpath at source of river – head off immediately
- As a bowler’s jettisoned with little justification?
- Father had potato cooked just like that
- That poor fathead beaten up without provocation
- When a bowler’s left out without hesitation?
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