The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word NARROW
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More clues leading to the result NARROW
- Bigoted? A bishop must step in right away
- Conservative knight objected to cornering pointer.
- New weapon is limited
- Constrict end of iron bolt
- Strict, requiring name on pointer
- Precise pointer to north
- Rushed back to join queue to get slim
- Raced back to the line with not much room to spare
- New weapon is restricted
- Midday flight is restricted
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The straight part
We know that "restricted" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case restricted = narrow.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does NARROW mean?
NARROW noun- (chiefly in the plural) A narrow passage, especially a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water.
- Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.
- Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.
- Restrictive; without flexibility or latitude.
- Contracted; of limited scope; bigoted
- Having a small margin or degree.
- Limited as to means; straitened
- Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.
- Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.
- Formed (as a vowel) by a close position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate; or (according to Bell) by a tense condition of the pharynx; distinguished from wide.
- To reduce in width or extent; to contract.
- To get narrower.
- (of a person or eyes) To partially lower one's eyelids in a way usually taken to suggest a defensive, aggressive or penetrating look.
- To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.
- To convert to a data type that cannot hold as many distinct values.