The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word SHOW
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More clues leading to the result SHOW
- Playwright that’s taken round for a staged production
- Reveal house in South West
- Present society leading the way
- Hard entering pig as exhibit
- Boastful type very, very loud about the way things are done?
- TV programme broadcast about hospital
- Surgeon’s first seen with MO in second of three
- Badger female to host hotel display
- Leaders of Senate have ordered witness to appear
- Nothing in original set from Strangeways, Here We Come
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The straight part
We know that "exhibit" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case exhibit = show.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 SHOW mean?
SHOW noun- A play, dance, or other entertainment.
- An exhibition of items.
- A broadcast program/programme.
- A movie.
- An agricultural show.
- A project or presentation.
- A demonstration.
- Mere display or pomp with no substance. (Usually seen in the phrases "all show" and "for show".)
- Outward appearance; wileful or deceptive appearance.
- (with "the") The major leagues.
- A pale blue flame at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of firedamp.
- Pretence.
- Sign, token, or indication.
- Semblance; likeness; appearance.
- Plausibility.
- A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occurring a short time before labor.
- To display, to have somebody see (something).
- To bestow; to confer.
- To indicate (a fact) to be true; to demonstrate.
- To guide or escort.
- To be visible; to be seen; to appear.
- To put in an appearance; show up.
- To have an enlarged belly and thus be recognizable as pregnant.
- (racing) To finish third, especially of horses or dogs.
- To have a certain appearance, such as well or ill, fit or unfit; to become or suit; to appear.