The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word SCUD
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More clues leading to the result SCUD
- Move quickly about in south of France
- Missile Soviets introduced — something to chew over?
- One copper standing up to catch another fly
- Swiftly move missile
- Race about in south of France
- Move like yacht caught in odd parts of sound
- In revolution, French nobility run with the wind
- Beginning to climb in French south, sweep across sky
- Nebulously move missile
- Missile succeeded — copper died
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The straight part
We know that "Nebulously move/missile" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case nebulously move/missile = scud.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does SCUD mean?
SCUD noun- The act of scudding.
- Clouds or rain driven by the wind.
- A loose formation of small ragged cloud fragments (or fog) not attached to a larger higher cloud layer.
- A gust of wind.
- A scab on a wound.
- A small flight of larks, or other birds, less than a flock.
- Any swimming amphipod.
- A swift runner.
- A form of garden hoe.
- A slap; a sharp stroke.
- Pornography.
- The drink Irn-Bru.
- To race along swiftly (especially used of clouds).
- To run, or be driven, before a high wind with no sails set.
- To hit or slap.
- To speed.
- To skim flat stones so they skip along the water.
- Naked.