The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 plus 2 letter word BEEF UP
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result BEEF UP
- Reinforce bad news from the butcher’s?
- Make stronger complaint against university parking
- Make stronger source of protein more pricey?
- Complaint associated with flying buttress
- Boost as local accepts charge being raised
- Add strength to complaint at university
- Maybe Prince of Wales will accept cost over stay
- Reinforce argument at university
- Strengthen insect first found hovering over Uttar Pradesh
- Strengthen by overturning charge to enter pub
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "Make stronger" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case make stronger = beef 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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.