The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word BREADTH
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More clues leading to the result BREADTH
- How wide is the cut beneath loaf?
- Scope of old railway publicity in the wild?
- Suspicion about daughter’s side-to-side measurement
- Wide measurement being diameter in pants?
- In inspiration, daughter shows liberality of mind
- Bridge canal, perhaps, then start to define edges of towpath for width
- Distance across doorstep, perhaps, that’s halved
- French stick the majority on range
- Latitude for sign of life to incorporate deathshead
- Spread whisper about end of world
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "range" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case range = breadth.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 BREADTH mean?
BREADTH noun- The extent or measure of how broad or wide something is.
- A piece of fabric of standard width.
- Scope or range, especially of knowledge or skill.
- A style in painting in which details are strictly subordinated to the harmony of the whole composition.
- The length of the longest path between two vertices in a graph.