The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word RECOUP
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result RECOUP
- Get back on with putsch
- Compensate some mature couples
- Get back from park, all down?
- Get back part of army before seizure of power
- Get back with Royal Engineers over military takeover
- Make good company, surrounded by pure chaos
- Make good pickled produce, taking day
- Make good theatre company start to understudy parts
- Get back on with success
- Make good soldiers revolt
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The straight part
We know that "Make good" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case make good = recoup.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does RECOUP mean?
RECOUP verb- To make back, as an investment.
- To recover from an error.
- To keep back rightfully (a part), as if by cutting off, so as to diminish a sum due; to take off (a part) from damages; to deduct.
- To reimburse; to indemnify; often used reflexively and in the passive.