The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SHELVE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result SHELVE
- Put off woman and survive without one
- Lady paramour, love lost, set aside
- Not given ring, female sweetheart put off
- Postpone research, having day off? Be quiet on that
- Drop reform of vehicles? Losing intensive care just the start
- Some puckish elves put aside
- Slope put on ice
- Put off by love, he’s rejecting old arrangement
- He’s munching nothing except duck, that’s put aside
- Make provision for volumes put aside
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The straight part
We know that "Make provision for volumes/put aside" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case make provision for volumes/put aside = shelve.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does SHELVE mean?
SHELVE noun- A rocky ledge or shelf.
- To place on a shelf.
- To set aside; to quit or postpone.
- To furnish with shelves.
- To take (drugs) by anal or vaginal insertion.
- To have sex with.
- To slope; to incline; to form into shelves.