The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word NAPERY
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More clues leading to the result NAPERY
- Linen a traveller picked up in city
- Part of neck line in linen
- Linen not covering picture's frame
- Linen salesman returns no outdated clothing
- Name copying old table linen
- Unusual pedantry dismissing DT word for linen
- Ruby’s skin showing under part of neck cloths
- New imitation linen
- Sleep on Eastern railway getting some old kind of linen
- Linen, note, thin, like certain sheets, not soft
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The straight part
We know that "Linen" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case linen = napery.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 NAPERY mean?
NAPERY noun- Household linen, especially table linen.