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

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What does CLAWS mean?

CLAWS noun
  1. A curved, pointed horny nail on each digit of the foot of a mammal, reptile, or bird.
  2. A foot equipped with such.
  3. The pincer (chela) of a crustacean or other arthropod.
  4. A mechanical device resembling a claw, used for gripping or lifting.
  5. A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, such as the base of petals of the pink.
  6. The act of catching a ball overhand.
CLAWS verb
  1. To scratch or to tear at.
  2. To use the claws to seize, to grip.
  3. To use the claws to climb.
  4. To perform a claw catch.
  5. To move with one's fingertips.
  6. To relieve uneasy feeling, such as an itch, by scratching; hence, to humor or flatter, to court someone.
  7. To rail at; to scold.
  8. To flatter; to fawn on (a person).

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