The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word ATTAIN
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More clues leading to the result ATTAIN
- From right and left, cheers popular hit
- Get a dry drop of Amarone at home
- Motorists keeping dry at home - and secure
- Get a coach with time for run
- Part of regiment loses second line, with nothing to gain
- Get a Times and an Independent in the centre
- Rob from boat train on the way up to reach one’s goal
- Get letters from Kenyatta insured
- Accomplish the removal of rights without revolutionary communist
- Get drinkers’ club to welcome non-drinker in
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The straight part
We know that "hit" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case hit = attain.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 ATTAIN mean?
ATTAIN verb- To gain (an object or desired result).
- To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive at (a place, time, state, etc.).
- To come or arrive, by motion, growth, bodily exertion, or efforts toward a place, object, state, etc.
- To get at the knowledge of.
- To reach in excellence or degree.
- To reach a person after being behind them.