The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 plus 2 letter word ADD UP
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result ADD UP
- A sweet daughter’s round figure
- Make sense in total
- Publicity on NI political party to be consistent
- Tot to sound reasonable
- Put figures together to sound reasonable
- A sweet daughter is raised to be reasonable
- Total party support for evacuation of Auckland
- Make sense of a theologian at college
- A theologian in an elevated position to be convincing
- Make sense of total
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The straight part
We know that "Make sense/total" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case make sense/total = add up.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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