Cryptic crossword clue
Move quickly to protect number in Welsh town 5

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

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The straight part
We know that "Welsh town" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case welsh town = flint.
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 FLINT mean?

FLINT noun
  1. A hard, fine-grained quartz that fractures conchoidally and generates sparks when struck.
  2. A piece of flint, such as a gunflint, used to produce a spark by striking it with a firestriker.
  3. A small cylinder of some other material of the same function in a cigarette lighter, etc.
  4. A type of maize/corn with a hard outer hull.
  5. Anything figuratively hard.
FLINT verb
  1. To furnish or decorate an object with flint.

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