The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word DRAIN
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More clues leading to the result DRAIN
- Duke drops pipe
- Dog's head drops down
- After a day, water is to flow away slowly
- Last of liquid? Tip it down sink
- One has raced around after daughter — it may lead to exhaustion!
- Troops involved in clash to clear out
- A drink, short possibly
- After daughter's shower, this used?
- Contract excluding wife's tax
- Pipe diameter associated with showers
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The straight part
We know that "sink" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case sink = drain.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 DRAIN mean?
DRAIN noun- A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume; a plughole (UK)
- An access point or conduit for rainwater that drains directly downstream in a (drainage) basin without going through sewers or water treatment in order to prevent or belay floods.
- Something consuming resources and providing nothing in return.
- An act of urination.
- One terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
- An outhole.
- A drink.
- To lose liquid.
- To flow gradually.
- To cause liquid to flow out of.
- To convert a perennially wet place into a dry one.
- To deplete of energy or resources.
- To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to exhaust.
- To filter.
- To fall off the bottom of the playfield.