The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SHRIEK
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result SHRIEK
- Loud yell from hikers in trouble
- Scream from one being eaten by green ogre?
- I must be in comedy film, a scream
- Sound of alarm disturbed hikers
- Grabbed by ogre, I scream
- Cry of one eaten by ogre
- Slow hiker startled literary bird
- This sound pierces!
- Shout out Indian honorific before English king
- One might pierce your ear?
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The straight part
We know that "a scream" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case a scream = shriek.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does SHRIEK mean?
SHRIEK noun- A sharp, shrill outcry or scream; a shrill wild cry such as is caused by sudden or extreme terror, pain, or the like.
- An exclamation mark.
- To utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry, as do some birds and beasts; to scream, as in a sudden fright, in horror or anguish.
- To utter sharply and shrilly; to utter in or with a shriek or shrieks.