The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word NATIVE
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More clues leading to the result NATIVE
- Local, unsophisticated around town at first
- Local from NE coming round at four
- Indigenous trees primarily planted in green
- 4 Mother last to swat greenbottles?
- A vine cultivated over time becomes indigenous
- Local green tea infusion
- Local vet in a panic
- Resident is ingenuous garaging vintage car
- Local resident sporting a tie and V neck top
- Inhabitant initially unsophisticated about time
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The straight part
We know that "local" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case local = native.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does NATIVE mean?
NATIVE noun- An aboriginal inhabitant of a region colonized by English-speaking people; in particular:
- Aboriginal inhabitant of a region colonized by English-speaking people; in particular:
- A person who is native to a place; a person who was born in a place.
- A native speaker.
- Ostrea edulis, a kind of oyster.
- Belonging to one by birth.
- Characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times.
- Born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found; not foreign or imported.
- (of a species) Which occurs of its own accord in a given locality, to be contrasted with a species introduced by man.
- (of software) Pertaining to the system or architecture in question.
- Occurring naturally in its pure or uncombined form; native aluminium, native salt.
- Arising by birth; having an origin; born.
- Original; constituting the original substance of anything.
- Naturally related; cognate; connected (with).