The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word CLEAR
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More clues leading to the result CLEAR
- Some letters from article are easily understood
- Jump, but don’t bounce?
- Charlie king next, that’s obvious
- Easy to understand cold king in Shakespeare play
- Get over fence, perhaps, without faults?
- Uncle Arthur not entirely lucid
- Like perfect showjumping round — that's evident
- King Charles initially leads without difficulty
- Absolve cold king
- Empty net
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The straight part
We know that "Jump/don’t bounce?" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case jump/don’t bounce? = clear.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 CLEAR mean?
CLEAR noun- Full extent; distance between extreme limits; especially; the distance between the nearest surfaces of two bodies, or the space between walls.
- The completion of a stage or challenge, or of the whole game.
- A person who is free from the influence of engrams.
- To remove obstructions, impediments or other unwanted items from.
- To remove (items or material) so as to leave something unobstructed or open.
- To become free from obstruction or obscurement; to become transparent.
- To eliminate ambiguity or doubt from (a matter); to clarify or resolve; to clear up.
- To remove from suspicion, especially of having committed a crime.
- To pass without interference; to miss.
- (activities such as jumping or throwing) To exceed a stated mark.
- To finish or complete (a stage, challenge, or game).
- Of a check or financial transaction, to go through as payment; to be processed so that the money is transferred.
- To earn a profit of; to net.
- To approve or authorise for a particular purpose or action; to give clearance to.
- To obtain approval or authorisation in respect of.
- To obtain a clearance.
- To obtain permission to use (a sample of copyrighted audio) in another track.
- To disengage oneself from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free.
- To hit, kick, head, punch etc. (a ball, puck) away in order to defend one's goal.
- To reset or unset; to return to an empty state or to zero.
- To style (an element within a document) so that it is not permitted to float at a given position.
- Transparent in colour.
- Bright, not dark or obscured.
- Free of obstacles.
- Without clouds.
- Of the sky, such that less than one eighth of its area is obscured by clouds.
- Free of ambiguity or doubt.
- Distinct, sharp, well-marked.
- Free of guilt, or suspicion.
- (of a soup) Without a thickening ingredient.
- Possessing little or no perceptible stimulus.
- Free from the influence of engrams; see Clear (Scientology).
- Able to perceive clearly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating.
- Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful.
- Easily or distinctly heard; audible.
- Unmixed; entirely pure.
- Without defects or blemishes, such as freckles or knots.
- Without diminution; in full; net.
- All the way; entirely.
- Not near something or touching it.
- Free (or separate) from others
- In a clear manner; plainly.