Cryptic crossword clue
Important one goes through papers? 6

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word STAPLE

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What does STAPLE mean?

STAPLE noun
  1. A town containing merchants who have exclusive right, under royal authority, to purchase or produce certain goods for export; also, the body of such merchants seen as a group.
  2. (by extension) Place of supply; source.
  3. The principal commodity produced in a town or region.
  4. A basic or essential supply.
  5. A recurring topic or character.
  6. Short fiber, as of cotton, sheep’s wool, or the like, which can be spun into yarn or thread.
  7. Unmanufactured material; raw material.
STAPLE verb
  1. To sort according to its staple.
STAPLE adjective
  1. Relating to, or being market of staple for, commodities.
  2. Established in commerce; occupying the markets; settled.
  3. Fit to be sold; marketable.
  4. Regularly produced or manufactured in large quantities; belonging to wholesale traffic; principal; chief.
STAPLE noun
  1. A wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper by penetrating all the sheets and curling around.
  2. A wire fastener used to secure something else by penetrating and curling.
  3. A U-shaped metal fastener, used to attach fence wire or other material to posts or structures.
  4. One of a set of U-shaped metal rods hammered into a structure, such as a piling or wharf, which serve as a ladder.
  5. A shaft, smaller and shorter than the principal one, joining different levels.
  6. A small pit.
  7. A district granted to an abbey.
  8. A post; prop; support
STAPLE verb
  1. To secure with a staple.

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