The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word DETAIL
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result DETAIL
- Particular way to deal with three blind mice?
- Small team specially tasked to take the back off?
- A particular detachment of troops
- Particular dock?
- Feature of group given task
- Part that’s unimportant to dock?
- Item found in dock?
- Particular squad set out
- Told stories about a time – recalled specific point
- Particular dock?
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The straight part
We know that "Item/dock?" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case item/dock? = detail.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 DETAIL mean?
DETAIL noun- Something small enough to escape casual notice.
- A profusion of details.
- The small things that can escape casual notice.
- Something considered trivial enough to ignore.
- A person's name, address and other personal information.
- (law enforcement) A temporary unit or assignment.
- An individual feature, fact, or other item, considered separately from the whole of which it is a part.
- A narrative which relates minute points; an account which dwells on particulars.
- A selected portion of a painting
- To explain in detail.
- To clean carefully (particularly of road vehicles) (always pronounced. /ˈdiːteɪl/)
- To assign to a particular task