The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word LASSOED
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result LASSOED
- Caught young woman with dictionary
- Roped in girl as cover for old journalist
- Girl with big dictionary getting tied up somehow
- Caught girl taking dictionary
- Article in French vessel with great volume is caught
- Girl due to lose weight, caught with a line
- Girl expressed pleasure vocally, getting caught
- Roped in girl that’s got a big vocabulary
- Miss important reference and get caught in a loop
- Snagged woman with an impeccable reference
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "tied up somehow" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case tied up somehow = lassoed.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 LASSOED mean?
LASSOED verb- To catch with a lasso.