The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word TREETOP
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result TREETOP
- Picked up shirt, left around, to get crown
- Wooden crown is no good to Peter
- Unsafe here to cradle baby with wind?
- Harry Potter taking drug a high point for Rowan
- Highest point reached by plane?
- High point as Left accepts support after reflection
- Highest branch location to handle surgery by phone?
- Laurel crown?
- Peter scrambled round to the highest branches
- Peter to fly high in plane perhaps
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The straight part
We know that "Laurel crown?" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case laurel crown? = treetop.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 TREETOP mean?
TREETOP noun- The crown or uppermost branches of a tree