The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word WOMAN
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More clues leading to the result WOMAN
- Female with place in the Middle East
- Female achieved success, collecting arts degree
- Western sultanate’s frailty, according to Hamlet
- She in country and western? On the contrary
- West Country wench?
- Lady from western country
- West Country lady
- Female has week visiting country
- Female was victorious over male ace
- Mother’s onecarrying
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The straight part
We know that "Mother’s one (it must be said) carrying" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case mother’s one (it must be said) carrying = woman.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 WOMAN mean?
WOMAN noun- An adult female human.
- (collective) All females collectively; womankind.
- A female person, usually an adult; a (generally adult) female sentient being, whether human, supernatural, elf, alien, etc.
- A wife (or sometimes a fiancée or girlfriend).
- A female who is extremely fond of or devoted to a specified type of thing. (Used as the last element of a compound.)
- A female attendant or servant.
- To staff with female labor.
- To make effeminate or womanish.
- To furnish with, or unite to, a woman.
- To call (a person) "woman" in a disrespectful fashion.