The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word HICCUP
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result HICCUP
- Minor setback here in ancient Rome over award
- Amongst classicists this prize competition is to falter
- Stylish top moves to bottom on getting high – a setback
- A glitch, this, one’s lot in life
- Involuntary noise greeting cricket club winning
- Slight problem with award after chick goes naked
- Bit of a problem greeting captain initially on vessel
- . Edges off solid vessel — that's a minor problem
- Thick-skinned copper approaching chief of police with a problem
- Obstacle being chic?
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What does HICCUP mean?
HICCUP noun- A spasm of the diaphragm, or the resulting sound.
- (by extension) Any spasm or sudden change.
- A minor setback.
- To produce a hiccup; have the hiccups.
- To say with a hiccup.
- To produce an abortive sound like a hiccup.