The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word RIND
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More clues leading to the result RIND
- Peel, elected after resistance, died
- Bit of bacon some won’t eat — rejected if not Danish, primarily
- Clear about nitrogen outside
- Mansion’s closing? It’s free to go round outside
- Some food’s outside
- Current’s blocking road outside
- Outer coat no-good in bullwork
- Head off to scrape the outer covering
- Pestles broke shell to reveal skin
- Protester in demo conceals rough exterior
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The straight part
We know that "outer covering" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case outer covering = rind.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 RIND mean?
RIND noun- Tree bark
- A hard, tough outer layer, particularly on food such as fruit, cheese, etc
- (usually "the") The gall, the crust, the insolence; often as "the immortal rind"
- To remove the rind from.
- An iron support fitting used on the upper millstone of a grist mill.