The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word FOURTH
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result FOURTH
- Hut for redeveloping, just missing out on a medal?
- Hut for changing in quarter
- Position evident in half our theories
- River goes past university quarter
- quarter
- Ordinal away, by the sound of it?
- 25% of Uranium found in river
- Musical interval outside for people to listen to
- Leading estate, this could make the papers!
- Forward cried out loud, just failing to get a medal
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The straight part
We know that "just missing out on a medal?" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case just missing out on a medal? = fourth.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 FOURTH mean?
FOURTH noun- (not used in the plural) The person or thing in the fourth position.
- (chiefly American) A quarter, one of four equal parts of a whole.
- (not used in the plural) The fourth gear of an engine.
- A musical interval which spans four degrees of the diatonic scale, for example C to F (C D E F).
- The ordinal form of the number four.