The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word NUDE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result NUDE
- Debt-collector returns key example of erotic art
- To be a jogger's no good without kit
- Uncovered suggestion that should see golf banned
- Prompt to dispose of grand artwork
- Naked belligerence ultimately shown by retired debt-collector
- Person seen in new Cornish resort, topless?
- Send-up exposed ludicrous naked figure
- Artist’s subject rolled over in bed, undressed?
- Ecstasy and horse knocked back out of habit?
- In bed, undressed, rolling over in the buff
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The straight part
We know that "Naked" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case naked = nude.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does NUDE mean?
NUDE noun- A painting, sculpture, photograph or other artwork or mass-media-reproduced image depicting one or more human figure(s) in a state of near or total undress.
- (with article, "the nude") The state of total nudity.
- A color that resembles or evokes bare flesh; a paint, dye, etc. of such color.
- Without clothing or other covering of the skin; without clothing on the genitals or female nipples.
- Characterized by the nudity of people concerned or to whom the described noun is attributed.
- (of clothing, makeup, etc) Of a color (such as beige or tan) that evokes bare flesh.
- Not valid; void.