The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word BURY
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result BURY
- British first use railway line put underground
- League Two team, sturdy without intervention of league
- Plant where swallow circles rook
- Crossing river, accept swamp
- Inter buy outside right!
- Locate Underground just north of Manchester
- ‘Inter‘ football team?
- Inter-town transfer of ruby
- Inter in English town
- Crossing river, pick up plant
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The straight part
We know that "Inter/football team" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case inter/football team = bury.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does BURY mean?
BURY noun- A burrow.
- To ritualistically inter in a grave or tomb.
- To place in the ground.
- To hide or conceal as if by covering with earth or another substance.
- To suppress and hide away in one's mind.
- To put an end to; to abandon.
- To score a goal.
- To kill or murder.
- To render imperceptible by other, more prominent stimuli; drown out.
- A borough; a manor