Cryptic crossword clue
Mishandle fellow of modest means in the East End 6

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word FUMBLE

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What does FUMBLE mean?

FUMBLE noun
  1. A ball etc. that has been dropped by accident.
FUMBLE verb
  1. To handle nervously or awkwardly.
  2. To grope awkwardly in trying to find something
  3. To blunder uncertainly.
  4. To grope about in perplexity; to seek awkwardly.
  5. To drop a ball or a baton etc. by accident.
  6. To handle much; to play childishly; to turn over and over.
FUMBLE noun
  1. A dessert similar to a cross between a fool and a crumble.

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