The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word TICKLE
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result TICKLE
- Delight in second article in Libération?
- It’s said parasitic insect will irritate the skin
- Jerk raises deer with a gentle touch
- Touch hat covering Charlie King
- The moment the Parisian gives delight
- Light touch of aristocratic kleptomaniac
- Second Champagne’s the stimulus for laughter
- Pet left half abandoned after short while
- Mark’s two spots of legerdemain amuse
- Amuse the French on credit
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The straight part
We know that "Light touch" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case light touch = tickle.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does TICKLE mean?
TICKLE noun- The act of tickling.
- An itchy feeling resembling the result of tickling.
- A light tap of the ball.
- A narrow strait.
- To touch repeatedly or stroke delicately in a manner which causes laughter, pleasure and twitching.
- To unexpectedly touch or stroke delicately in a manner which causes displeasure or withdrawal.
- (of a body part) To feel as if the body part in question is being tickled.
- To appeal to someone's taste, curiosity etc.
- To cause delight or amusement in.
- To feel titillation.
- To catch fish in the hand (usually in rivers or smaller streams) by manually stimulating the fins.
- To be excited or heartened.
- Changeable, capricious; insecure.