The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word COMPEL
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result COMPEL
- Oblige Pimlico MP, electioneering, just a bit
- Turn up with line about power or force
- Politician inhibited by sign about rising force
- Make company representative and the Spanish meet
- How to make do?
- Force pump oddly sent back to company by the Spanish
- Make issue No 50
- Force dreadful polemic – in which number one’s missed
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The straight part
We know that "Force" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case force = compel.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 COMPEL mean?
COMPEL verb- To drive together, round up
- To overpower; to subdue.
- To force, constrain or coerce.
- To exact, extort, (make) produce by force.
- To force to yield; to overpower; to subjugate.
- To gather or unite in a crowd or company.
- To call forth; to summon.