The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 plus 4 letter word GOLD DUST
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More clues leading to the result GOLD DUST
- Powder that’s rarely valuable
- German louts merrily downing Double Diamonds? This is very rare
- Its rare to find good evidence of poor housekeeping)
- Metal mop is, apparently, quite rare
- Burst of passion about ancient diamonds and other valuable stuff
- Blast around the long-standing delta is a result of placer mining
- Girl's ancient stud's crumbled into valuable fine powder
- Travel on day after day in desire for rare commodity
- d Something we say is elusive or remains?OR is a heraldic term for a precious metal, add what remains when we have crumbled away for a phrase that we say for something very elusive.
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The straight part
We know that "This is very rare" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case this is very rare = gold dust.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 GOLD DUST mean?
GOLD DUST noun- Gold in the form of very small pieces, or flour gold.
- Anything of great value.
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