The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 plus 1 plus 4 letter word LEND A HAND
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result LEND A HAND
- Help close a hotel in the country
- Help country to protect border well!
- Help Handel and Brahms and Liszt
- . Paul finally gets finale on a script for Help!
- Help head of Lorimar finish a script
- Help finish a hotel in the country
- Help from worker after stop in LA
- Help a worker after loan
- A labourer that loan gets on top of gets help
- Give assistance to crazily laden worker
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The straight part
We know that "Give assistance to" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case give assistance to = lend a hand.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.