The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SKIRTS
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result SKIRTS
- Avoids runners, keeping right
- Goes around right among some runners
- Narrowly avoids women’s clothing
- Goes around in women’s clothes
- Goes around in women’s clothing
- Avoids female clothing
- Avoids acts having routine opening
- Goes around in feminine clothes
- Avoids satirical performances about queen
- Avoids satires about Republican
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The straight part
We know that "Narrowly avoids/women’s clothing" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case narrowly avoids/women’s clothing = skirts.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does SKIRTS mean?
SKIRTS noun- An article of clothing, usually worn by women and girls, that hangs from the waist and covers the lower part of the body.
- The part of a dress or robe, etc., that hangs below the waist.
- A loose edging to any part of a dress.
- A petticoat.
- A woman.
- Women collectively, in a sexual context.
- Sexual intercourse with a woman.
- Border; edge; margin; extreme part of anything.
- The diaphragm, or midriff, in animals.
- To be on or form the border of.
- To move around or along the border of; to avoid the center of.
- To cover with a skirt; to surround.
- To avoid or ignore (something); to manage to avoid (something or a problem); to skate by (something).