Cryptic crossword clue
Miss start of party for a little sleep 3

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word KIP

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We know that "little sleep" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case little sleep = kip.
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What does KIP mean?

KIP noun
  1. The untanned hide of a young or small beast, such as a calf, lamb, or young goat.
  2. A bundle or set of such hides.
  3. A unit of count for skins, 30 for lamb and 50 for goat.
  4. The leather made from such hide; kip leather.
KIP noun
  1. (chiefly UK) A place to sleep; a rooming house; a bed.
  2. (chiefly UK) Sleep, snooze, nap, forty winks, doze.
  3. (chiefly UK) A very untidy house or room.
  4. (chiefly UK) A brothel.
KIP verb
  1. (chiefly UK) To sleep; often with the connotation of a temporary or charitable situation, or one borne out of necessity.
KIP verb
  1. To snatch; take up hastily; filch
  2. To hold or keep (together)
  3. To conduct oneself; act
KIP noun
  1. A unit of force equal to 1000 pounds-force (lbf) (4.44822 kilonewtons or 4448.22 newtons); occasionally called the kilopound.
  2. A unit of weight, used, for example, to calculate shipping charges, equal to half a US ton, or 1000 pounds.
  3. A unit of mass equal to 1000 avoirdupois pounds.
KIP noun
  1. The unit of currency in Laos, divided into 100 att, symbol ₭, abbreviation LAK.
KIP noun
  1. A basic skill or maneuver in artistic gymnastics on the uneven bars, parallel bars, high bar and still rings used, for example, as a way of mounting the bar in a front support position, or achieving a handstand from a hanging position. In its basic form, the legs are swung forward and upward by bending the hips, then suddenly down again, which gives the upward impulse to the body.
  2. (games) A piece of flat wood used to throw the coins in a game of two-up.
  3. A sharp-pointed hill; a projecting point, as on a hill.
KIP verb
  1. To perform the kip maneuver.

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