Cryptic crossword clue
Gets rid of Charlie’s chickens 6

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word CHUCKS

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The straight part
We know that "Gets rid/Charlie’s/chickens" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case gets rid/charlie’s/chickens = chucks.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does CHUCKS mean?

CHUCKS noun
  1. Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.
  2. Food.
  3. A mechanical device that holds an object firmly in place, for example holding a drill bit in a high-speed rotating drill or grinder.
CHUCKS verb
  1. To place in a chuck, or hold by means of a chuck, as in turning.
  2. To bore or turn (a hole) in a revolving piece held in a chuck.
CHUCKS noun
  1. A chicken, a hen.
  2. A clucking sound.
  3. A friend or close acquaintance; term of endearment.
CHUCKS verb
  1. To make a clucking sound.
  2. To call, as a hen her chickens.
CHUCKS noun
  1. A gentle touch or tap.
  2. A casual throw.
  3. A throw, an incorrect bowling action.
  4. An act or instance of vomiting.
  5. On rhythm guitar or mandolin etc., the muting of a chord by lifting the fretting fingers immediately after strumming, producing a percussive effect.
CHUCKS verb
  1. To touch or tap gently.
  2. To throw, especially in a careless or inaccurate manner.
  3. To throw; to bowl with an incorrect action.
  4. To discard, to throw away.
  5. To jilt; to dump.
  6. To vomit.
  7. To leave; to depart; to bounce.
  8. To chuckle; to laugh.
  9. On rhythm guitar or mandolin etc.: to mute a chord by lifting the fretting fingers immediately after strumming, producing a percussive effect.
CHUCKS noun
  1. A small pebble.
  2. (in the plural) Money.
CHUCKS noun
  1. A rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots, Marmota monax.

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