The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word CEDAR
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More clues leading to the result CEDAR
- Journalist trapped in vehicle that has cones all round it?
- Part of nice dark forest might contain this
- Tree leading journalist planted in estate, perhaps
- Coming up in winter, a deciduous tree
- Wood in church needing a lot of repair
- What’s not entirely nice – dark wood
- It has branches in Lebanon
- Tree, one apt to give way by the sound of it
- Conifer coloured unfenced garden, variegated
- Disgraced artist’s tree
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The straight part
We know that "that has cones all round it?" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case that has cones all round it? = cedar.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 CEDAR mean?
CEDAR noun- A coniferous tree of the genus Cedrus in the family Pinaceae.
- A coniferous tree of the family Cupressaceae, especially of the genera Juniperus, Cupressus, Calocedrus, or Thuja.
- A flowering tree of the family Meliaceae, especially of the genera Cedrela or Toona.
- The aromatic wood from a Cedrus tree, or from any of several unrelated trees.