The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word CLIMAX
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More clues leading to the result CLIMAX
- High point when clubs vote to accept foreign capital
- . Caught short leg say, with a kiss, at a decisive moment
- This writer’s one among 160 to reach peak
- Cold over capital city, cross peak
- 110 enveloping South American city for summit
- Brief ascent with short cut to reach the top
- Most interesting bit about capital city? Vote
- Heading for Chinese capital city, cross peak
- Foreign capital swelling Conservative vote in dramatic finish
- A hundred and ten gathered round capital’s highest point
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "High point" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case high point = climax.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 CLIMAX mean?
CLIMAX noun- (originally rhetorical) A rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in ascending order.
- An instance of such an ascending series.
- The culmination of a narrative's rising action, the turning point.
- (now commonly) A culmination or acme: the last term in an ascending series, particularly:
- To reach or bring to a climax.
- To orgasm; to reach orgasm.