The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word UGLIER
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result UGLIER
- Queen’s after exotic fruit: that’s increasingly plain
- Fruit with exterior skin that’s more unsightly
- Less attractive gruel, horrible for one to tuck into
- To stay inside weaving rug seems less attractive
- One tucks into revolting gruel, less appealing
- Girl EU treated in a way that’s not so fair
- One tucks into nasty gruel that’s less appealing
- More unattractive fruit is brought to emergency room
- Fruit, cherry in the core is more foul
- Fruit with primarily elastic rind is more hideous
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The straight part
We know that "Less attractive" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case less attractive = uglier.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 UGLIER mean?
UGLIER adjective- Displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing.
- Displeasing to the ear or some other sense.
- Offensive to one's sensibilities or morality.
- Ill-natured; crossgrained; quarrelsome.
- Unpleasant; disagreeable; likely to cause trouble or loss.