The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word DENT
I've seen this crossword clue in The Sunday Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result DENT
- Impression made by TV lexicographer?
- Animal’s home over time — a hollow
- Study onset of tropical depression
- Depression beginning to dog hospital department
- Study over time causes depression
- Pit in Devonshire drained by conservationists
- Some on-board entertainment creates an impression
- Study onset of terrible depression
- Hollow cave on end of street
- Study time in depression
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The straight part
We know that "Hollow" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case hollow = dent.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 DENT mean?
DENT noun- A shallow deformation in the surface of an object, produced by an impact.
- A type of maize/corn with a relatively soft outer hull, and a soft type of starch that shrinks at maturity to leave an indentation in the surface of the kernel.
- (by extension) A sudden negative change, such as loss, damage, weakening, consumption or diminution, especially one produced by an external force, event or action
- To impact something, producing a dent.
- To develop a dent or dents.
- A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc.
- A slot or a wire in a reed