The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word FLABBY
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result FLABBY
- Feeble books covered by attack
- Overweight Florida infant burying its head
- Feeble dog on lead in former times
- Fat fellow with dog getting past
- . Out of shape bishops must have whip- round!
- Learner involved in great times hanging loose
- Loose
- Florida Times reviewing book – it’s somewhat limp
- Fine workplace basically unoccupied far from firm
- Overweight female seen with science centre times
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The straight part
We know that "hanging loose" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case hanging loose = flabby.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 FLABBY mean?
FLABBY adjective- Yielding to the touch, and easily moved or shaken; hanging loose by its own weight; lacking firmness; flaccid.
- (of wine) Having a slight lack of acidity; having mild sweetness.
- (of writing, etc.) overwrought.
- Which forms a surjection from the domain to every open subset of the codomain.