The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word SAWN
I've seen this crossword clue in The Sunday Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result SAWN
- Understood new cut
- Noticed far side of lawn is cut
- Cut woman initially detained in sanitorium briefly
- Large bird with down cut
- How deal is cut, having spotted what’s on top of charts
- Around noon took leave of warlord carrying Aldershot’s latest weapon
- With part of barrel missing, one may be discharged for robbery
- Cut in benefits ultimately starts to annoy whole nation
- Saying name should be cut
- Saying nothing at first, gets cut off
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The straight part
We know that "How deal is cut" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case how deal is cut = sawn.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does SAWN mean?
SAWN verb- To cut (something) with a saw.
- To make a motion back and forth similar to cutting something with a saw.
- To be cut with a saw.
- To form or produce (something) by cutting with a saw.