Cryptic crossword clue
Give up and put a coat on before decorating 6

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

I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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The straight part
We know that "Give up/put a coat on before decorating" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case give up/put a coat on before decorating = render.
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 RENDER mean?

RENDER noun
  1. Stucco or plaster applied to walls (mostly to outside masonry walls).
  2. A digital image produced by rendering a model.
  3. A surrender.
  4. A return; a payment of rent.
  5. An account given; a statement.
RENDER verb
  1. (ditransitive) To cause to become.
  2. To interpret, give an interpretation or rendition of.
  3. To translate into another language.
  4. To pass down.
  5. To make over as a return.
  6. To give; to give back; to deliver.
  7. To give up; to yield; to surrender.
  8. To transform (a model) into a display on the screen or other media.
  9. To capture and turn over to another country secretly and extrajudicially.
  10. To convert waste animal tissue into a usable byproduct.
  11. To have fat drip off meat from cooking.
  12. To cover a wall with a layer of plaster.
  13. To pass; to run; said of the passage of a rope through a block, eyelet, etc.
  14. To yield or give way.
  15. To return; to pay back; to restore.
  16. To inflict, as a retribution; to requite.
RENDER noun
  1. One who rends.

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