The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word TATTOO
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result TATTOO
- Needlework that’s liberated husband as well
- Design that takes some beating?
- Hide needlework display in Edinburgh
- Rubbish overly military show
- Design one has to beat
- Display in Edinburgh, and middle of country as well
- Volunteers to bind books about military spectacle
- The military display a particular image on arms?
- Needlework’s rubbish on top of this
- Rubbish on top of that ink design
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The straight part
We know that "Needlework’s" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case needlework’s = tattoo.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does TATTOO mean?
TATTOO noun- An image made in the skin with ink and a needle.
- A method of decorating the skin by inserting colored substances under the surface with a sharp instrument (usually a solenoid-driven needle).
- To apply a tattoo to (someone or something).
- To hit the ball hard, as if to figuratively leave a tattoo on the ball.
- A signal played five minutes before taps (lights out).
- A signal by drum or bugle ordering soldiers to return to their quarters.
- A military display or pageant.
- To tap rhythmically on, to drum.
- A breed of pony from India; a pony of that breed.