The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word ENTAIL
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result ENTAIL
- Occasion to be poorly attended by specialist medical department
- Need to take sick to one part of hospital
- Call for nurse before onset of tummy trouble
- Require leads to be taken from excited, naughty dog
- Occasion entrants need to attend in Lycra tops
- Require time during unusual dissection of alien
- Require English with translation of Latin
- Need one in charge when head is sacked
- Involve last of fruit in a line, stewed
- Involve volunteers in line-up
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The straight part
We know that "Involve" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case involve = entail.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does ENTAIL mean?
ENTAIL verb- To imply or require.
- To settle or fix inalienably on a person or thing, or on a person and his descendants or a certain line of descendants; -- said especially of an estate; to bestow as a heritage.
- To appoint hereditary possessor.
- To cut or carve in an ornamental way.
- That which is entailed. Hence:
- Delicately carved ornamental work; intaglio.