The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word TARRY
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More clues leading to the result TARRY
- Stay like newly laid asphalt?
- Like pitch Jack’s seen near railway
- Hang around, covered in pitch
- Stay smeared with viscid substance
- Stay behind, covered in black stuff
- Go around middle of rehearsals — or not?
- Remain with car caught in river
- Sticky on the road? Drag one’s feet
- Wait for sailor by railway
- Henry for the first time will bother to hang around
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The straight part
We know that "Like pitch" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case like pitch = tarry.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does TARRY mean?
TARRY noun- A sojourn.
- To delay; to be late or tardy in beginning or doing anything.
- To linger in expectation of something or until something is done or happens.
- To abide, stay or wait somewhere, especially if longer than planned.
- To stay somewhere temporarily.
- To wait for; to stay or stop for; to allow to linger.
- Resembling tar.
- Covered with tar.