The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word BLIND
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result BLIND
- Window fitting, large, wedged in awkward position
- Unable to see length in tie
- Swear on screen
- Bass and Swedish soprano dazzle
- Smashed bust, obscure
- Left in dilemma, as was Gloucester in 27 10
- Left in awkward spot with no way out
- Front line in tie
- Apprentice in quandary is oblivious
- Unable to see student wearing tie
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The straight part
We know that "Front" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case front = blind.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 BLIND mean?
BLIND noun- A covering for a window to keep out light. The covering may be made of cloth or of narrow slats that can block light or allow it to pass.
- A destination sign mounted on a public transport vehicle displaying the route destination, number, name and/or via points, etc.
- Any device intended to conceal or hide.
- Something to mislead the eye or the understanding, or to conceal some covert deed or design; a subterfuge.
- A blindage.
- A halting place.
- The blindside.
- (1800s) No score.
- A forced bet: the small blind or the big blind.
- A player who is forced to pay such a bet.
- (as a plural) Those who are blind, taken as a group.
- To make temporarily or permanently blind.
- To curse.
- To darken; to obscure to the eye or understanding; to conceal.
- To cover with a thin coating of sand and fine gravel, for example a road newly paved, in order that the joints between the stones may be filled.
- (of a person or animal) Unable to see, due to physiological or neurological factors.
- (of an eye) Unable to be used to see, due to physiological or neurological factors.
- Failing to see, acknowledge, perceive.
- Of a place, having little or no visibility.
- Closed at one end; having a dead end
- Having no openings for light or passage.
- (in certain phrases) Smallest or slightest.
- Without any prior knowledge.
- Unconditional; without regard to evidence, logic, reality, accidental mistakes, extenuating circumstances, etc.
- Unintelligible or illegible.
- Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit.
- Without seeing; unseeingly.
- Absolutely, totally.
- (three card brag) Without looking at the cards dealt.