The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word HINDER
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result HINDER
- Impede farm-worker about to retire
- . Hot slice from Domino’s put in woman’s hamper
- Obstruct growth in deregulated housing
- Hamper‘s back — starts to eat ravenously
- That woman hiding Independent in hamper
- Stop back
- Laugh in derision comprehending stunt
- Obstruct from behind, erroneously
- Rear royal figure to stop progress
- Henry in revolutionary communist bar
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The straight part
We know that "Hamper" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case hamper = hinder.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does HINDER mean?
HINDER verb- To make difficult to accomplish; to act as an obstacle; to frustrate.
- To delay or impede; to keep back, to prevent.
- To cause harm.
- Located at the rear (most often said of animals' body parts).
- The buttocks.
- Of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear or hind, or which follows.