Cryptic crossword clue
Letters left in poor shape 6

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

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Crossword Answer definitions

ALEPHS noun
  1. The first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet, and its descendants in descended Semitic scripts, such as Phoenician 𐤀, Aramaic 𐡀, Syriac ܐ, Hebrew א and Arabic ا.

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