The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word LUMBER
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result LUMBER
- Tradesman, powerless to deliver cut wood
- Large brown pieces of furniture no longer of any use
- Heading off to sleep – like a log?
- Refuse burden
- Move awkwardly stored furniture
- Leader going off to sleep in wood
- Learner mounting dark brown saddle
- Useless timber?
- Wood from tree stump
- Awkwardly move unwanted furniture etc
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The straight part
We know that "a log" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case a log = lumber.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 LUMBER mean?
LUMBER noun- Old furniture or other items that take up room, or are stored away.
- Useless or cumbrous material.
- A pawnbroker's shop, or room for storing articles put in pawn; hence, a pledge, or pawn.
- Wood sawn into planks or otherwise prepared for sale or use, especially as a building material.
- A baseball bat.
- To move clumsily and heavily; to move slowly.
- (with with) To load down with things, to fill, to encumber, to impose an unwanted burden on
- To heap together in disorder.
- To fill or encumber with lumber.