The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word SEMI
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More clues leading to the result SEMI
- A little house might ... be this?
- Leader cut from newspaper picked up in House
- Truck is holding me up
- House Chinese military guards
- Houses having rank smell liable to spread gradually
- House that’s turned over in crime story
- Not quite clear paper's to turn up, organised extra books
- Parts of wager to be exchanged? It’s not quite final
- House for half the wine
- Almost the final house?
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The straight part
We know that "House" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case house = semi.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 SEMI mean?
SEMI noun- A semi-detached house.
- A semitrailer; a tractor-trailer; an eighteen-wheeler; an artic.
- A semifinal.
- A partial erection.