The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word EBONY
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result EBONY
- Last seen of bottle, spare the hard stuff
- Wood, European, thin
- Under root of tree, spare wood
- Energy lad used to go round northern wood
- Finally coppice thin wood
- English lad gathers new wood
- Bone damaged by unknown in a dark wood
- Little Napoleon shifting Earl to the front finds wood?
- Lean on back of spade in wood
- Wood sculpted by one
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The straight part
We know that "wood" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case wood = ebony.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 EBONY mean?
EBONY noun- A hard, dense, deep black wood from various subtropical and tropical trees, especially of the genus Diospyros.
- A tree that yields such wood.
- A deep, dark black colour.
- A black key on a piano or other keyboard instrument.
- Made of ebony wood.
- A deep, dark black colour.
- Dark-skinned; black; especially in reference to African-Americans.