Cryptic crossword clue
Man’s leggings 5

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word CHAPS

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The straight part

We know that "leggings" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case leggings = chaps.

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 CHAPS mean?

1. (obsolete outside Britain and Australia) A man, a fellow.
2. A customer, a buyer.
3. A child.

1. A cleft, crack, or chink, as in the surface of the earth, or in the skin.
2. A division; a breach, as in a party.
3. A blow; a rap.

1. Of the skin, to split or flake due to cold weather or dryness.
2. To cause to open in slits or chinks; to split; to cause the skin of to crack or become rough.
3. To strike, knock.

1. (often in the plural) The jaw.
2. One of the jaws or cheeks of a vice, etc.

1. (authorship) One of the main sections into which the text of a book is divided.
2. A section of a social or religious body.
3. A sequence (of events), especially when presumed related and likely to continue.
4. A decretal epistle.
5. A location or compartment.

1. Protective leather leggings attached at the waist.

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