Cryptic crossword clue
In Wandsworth I stay, shut up 4

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word HIST

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The straight part
We know that "shut up" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case shut up = hist.
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 HIST mean?

HIST noun
  1. An instance of an exclamation attracting attention or injunction to be silent.
HIST interjection
  1. An utterance used to discreetly attract someone's attention.
  2. An injunction to be silent and/or to pay attention to what is being said or can be heard.
HIST noun
  1. The aggregate of past events.
  2. The branch of knowledge that studies the past; the assessment of notable events.
  3. A set of events involving an entity.
  4. A record or narrative description of past events.
  5. A list of past and continuing medical conditions of an individual or family.
  6. A record of previous user events, especially of visited web pages in a browser.
  7. Something that no longer exists or is no longer relevant.
  8. Shared experience or interaction.
HIST verb
  1. To raise; to lift; to elevate (especially, to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle or pulley, said of a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight).
  2. To lift a trophy or similar prize into the air in celebration of a victory.
  3. To lift someone up to be flogged.
  4. To be lifted up.
  5. To extract (code) from a loop construct as part of optimization.
  6. To steal, to rob.

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