Cryptic crossword clue
Key pattern on a guitar? 4

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word FRET

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The straight part

We know that "Key pattern on a guitar" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case key pattern on a guitar = fret.

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What does FRET mean?

1. Agitation of the surface of a fluid by fermentation or some other cause; a rippling on the surface of water.
2. Agitation of the mind marked by complaint and impatience; disturbance of temper; irritation.
3. Herpes; tetter.
4. (in the plural) The worn sides of riverbanks, where ores or stones containing them accumulate after being washed down from higher ground, which thus indicate to miners the locality of veins of ore.

1. Especially when describing animals: to consume, devour, or eat.
2. To chafe or irritate; to worry.
3. To make rough, to agitate or disturb; to cause to ripple.
4. In the form fret out: to squander, to waste.
5. To gnaw; to consume, to eat away.
6. To be chafed or irritated; to be angry or vexed; to utter peevish expressions through irritation or worry.
7. To be worn away; to chafe; to fray.
8. To be anxious, to worry.
9. To be agitated; to rankle; to be in violent commotion.
10. To have secondary fermentation (fermentation occurring after the conversion of sugar to alcohol in beers and wine) take place.

1. An ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines, often in relief.
2. A saltire interlaced with a mascle.

1. To decorate or ornament, especially with an interlaced or interwoven pattern, or with carving or relief (raised) work.
2. To form a pattern on; to variegate.
3. To cut through with a fretsaw, to create fretwork.

1. A ferrule, a ring.
2. One of the pieces of metal, plastic or wood across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument that marks where a finger should be positioned to depress a string as it is played.

1. To bind, to tie, originally with a loop or ring.
2. Musical senses.

1. A channel, a strait; a fretum.

1. A channel or passage created by the sea.

1. A fog or mist at sea, or coming inland from the sea.

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