The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word PING
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More clues leading to the result PING
- Sound made by bell in first half of game?
- Make small hole in middle of gigot – it may show cooking time’s over
- Sound and smell coming from game
- Monarch quietly replaces the original keyboard for a network command
- Lineup includes old bird like Foghorn Leghorn
- Secret code finally decrypting message on a computer
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "it may show cooking time’s over" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case it may show cooking time’s over = ping.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 PING mean?
PING noun- A high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.
- (submarine navigation) A pulse of high-pitched or ultrasonic sound whose echoes provide information about nearby objects and vessels.
- A packet which a remote host is expected to echo, thus indicating its presence.
- An email or other message sent requesting acknowledgement.
- Latency.
- A means of highlighting a feature on the game map so that allied players can see it.
- (WMF jargon) A notification.
- To make a high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.
- (submarine navigation) To emit a signal and then listen for its echo in order to detect objects.
- To send a packet in order to determine whether a host is present, particularly by use of the ping utility.
- (by extension) To send an email or other message to someone in hopes of eliciting a response.
- To flick.
- To bounce.
- To cause something to bounce.
- To call out audibly.
- To penalize.