The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SCRAWL
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
S
C
R
A
W
L
More clues leading to the result SCRAWL
- Crab on Skegness beach is near place for lobsters
- Slow progress by son — handwriting not very good
- Messy drawing, possibly small fawn?
- Scribble second letter principally about crop
- Write badly with small stroke
- Last to come to the fore, is obsequious – that’s hard to make out
- Write illegibly as a result of s-stroke
- Small stroke – or some wiggly ones?
- Unreadable stuff from singular creep
- Second stroke in poor handwriting
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The straight part
We know that "that’s hard to make out" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case that’s hard to make out = scrawl.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does SCRAWL mean?
SCRAWL noun- Irregular, possibly illegible handwriting.
- A hastily or carelessly written note etc.
- Writing that lacks literary merit.
- A broken branch of a tree.
- The young of the dog-crab.
- To write something hastily or illegibly.
- To write in an irregular or illegible manner.
- To write unskilfully and inelegantly.
- To creep; crawl; (by extension) to swarm with crawling things