The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word SEXT
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More clues leading to the result SEXT
- Determined to hide kiss in explicit message
- It requires time to send rude messages
- Rude message arranged to include sign of affection
- Explicit message from church employee not on
- Church officer not operating in ecclesiastical office
- Religious extra-terrestrials have a prayer at noon
- Noon service? It’s on time
- Naughty e-message in time of prayer
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The straight part
We know that "send rude messages" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case send rude messages = sext.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does SEXT mean?
SEXT noun- Noon, reckoned as the sixth hour of daylight.
- The service appointed for this hour.
- A sixth: an interval of six diatonic degrees.
- An organ stop of two ranks of pipes an interval of a sixth apart.
- An electronic message involving sexual language or images.
- To send a sext.