The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word LACE
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More clues leading to the result LACE
- Left excellent, decorative fabric
- Thread or line attached to card
- Delicate fabric is ‘slightly irreplaceable’
- Fabric: expert after lengths
- Learner and expert making intricate fabric
- Villa centre half welcomes tie
- Tie up Latin master
- Student, one with a tie
- Intricate fabric left to expert
- Material left by a church
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The straight part
We know that "intricate fabric" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case intricate fabric = lace.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 LACE mean?
LACE noun- A light fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a single thread. Wp
- A cord or ribbon passed through eyelets in a shoe or garment, pulled tight and tied to fasten the shoe or garment firmly. Wp
- A snare or gin, especially one made of interwoven cords; a net.
- Spirits added to coffee or another beverage.
- To fasten (something) with laces.
- To add alcohol, poison, a drug or anything else potentially harmful to (food or drink).
- To interweave items.
- To interweave the spokes of a bicycle wheel.
- To beat; to lash; to make stripes on.
- To adorn with narrow strips or braids of some decorative material.