The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word ANGORA
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More clues leading to the result ANGORA
- An anthropoid ape abandoning sick goat
- Yarn from an artist about travel
- Stories about good old monarch’s fluffy cat
- A northern artist capturing shot rabbit
- Cat shown by artist under tropical tree, miles away
- Marketplace stocks new wool
- Cat‘s energy captured by an artist
- Cat from African country changing direction
- Woollen cloth that’s good in short jacket
- An artist takes in shy cat
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The straight part
We know that "wool" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case wool = angora.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does ANGORA mean?
ANGORA noun- An angora cat.
- A goat of a domesticated breed that produces mohair.
- A rabbit belonging to the Angora rabbit breed, one of the oldest domestic breeds of rabbits in the world, raised chiefly in Europe for its silky and long hair (a subspecies of the European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus)
- The hair of angora rabbits or angora goats, used to make textiles.
- The fabric made from the hair of angora rabbits or angora goats.