Cryptic crossword clue
Leak, as Jimmy’s overlooked sieve 6

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word RIDDLE

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The straight part
We know that "sieve" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case sieve = riddle.
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 RIDDLE mean?

RIDDLE noun
  1. A verbal puzzle, mystery, or other problem of an intellectual nature.
  2. An ancient verbal, poetic, or literary form, in which, rather than a rhyme scheme, there are parallel opposing expressions with a hidden meaning.
RIDDLE verb
  1. To speak ambiguously or enigmatically.
  2. To solve, answer, or explicate a riddle or question.
RIDDLE noun
  1. A sieve with coarse meshes, usually of wire, for separating coarser materials from finer, as chaff from grain, cinders from ashes, or gravel from sand.
  2. A board with a row of pins, set zigzag, between which wire is drawn to straighten it.
RIDDLE verb
  1. To put something through a riddle or sieve, to sieve, to sift.
  2. To fill with holes like a riddle.
  3. To fill or spread throughout; to pervade.
RIDDLE noun
  1. A curtain; bed-curtain
  2. One of the pair of curtains enclosing an altar on the north and south
RIDDLE verb
  1. To plait

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