The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word NANNY
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More clues leading to the result NANNY
- Girl in New York who looks after children?
- Woman in US city, one looking after children
- Governess repeated names to absorb a youngster at first
- One minding children of girl in New York
- Nursemaid, girl getting in a state
- May she look after girl in empty nursery?
- Woman in the Big Apple may be a female beast
- Kid’s mum’s nurse
- In city regularly banning butter
- Issue tender where an indefinite number held in New York
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The straight part
We know that "butter" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case butter = nanny.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 NANNY mean?
NANNY noun- A child's nurse.
- A grandmother.
- A godmother.
- A female goat.
- To serve as a nanny.
- To treat like a nanny's charges; to coddle.