The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word BANANA
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More clues leading to the result BANANA
- Prevent an area producing fruit
- An area under prohibition for fruit
- Graduate pens two articles in plant
- Graduate meets fool in plant
- Handkerchief concealing daughter's hand, partly
- Fruit originally bought by a granny
- Variety of yellow crackers? Not quite
- Graduate and dimwit split key component
- Fruit and nuts, mostly
- It can be wrapped round head or neck, but not heart or part of hand
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "split key component" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case split key component = banana.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 BANANA mean?
BANANA noun- An elongated curved tropical fruit that grows in bunches and has a creamy flesh and a smooth skin.
- The tropical tree-like plant which bears clusters of bananas. The plant, usually of the genus Musa but sometimes also including plants from Ensete, has large, elongated leaves and is related to the plantain.
- A yellow colour, like that of a banana's skin.
- (mildly) A person of Asian descent, especially a Chinese American, who has assimilated into Western culture or married a Caucasian (from the "yellow" outside and "white" inside). Compare coconut or Oreo.
- A banana equivalent dose.
- A catamorphism (from the use of banana brackets in the notation).
- The penis.
- A banana kick.
- Curved like a banana, especially of a ball in flight.