The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word FRENCH
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result FRENCH
- Continental commander of British Expeditionary Force?
- How one might kiss Dawn?
- Fellow runs with topless servant girl in cross-channel race
- Female to pull wife away
- Fiercer European clash disheartened European people
- … following her rejection, to embrace nice odd European
- European to pull female for wife
- European chum I’d abandoned by church
- In which tea is the language of love?
- Produced glossy cover for bilingual editor?
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The straight part
We know that "How one might kiss/Dawn" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case how one might kiss/dawn = french.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 FRENCH mean?
FRENCH verb- To prepare food by cutting it into strips.
- To kiss (another person) while inserting one’s tongue into the other person's mouth.
- To kiss in this manner.
- To French trim; to stylishly expose bone by removing the fat and meat covering it (as done to a rack of lamb or bone-in rib-eye steak).