Cryptic crossword clue
Nice dog guarding Charlie, York’s ultimate scaredy-cat 7

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word CHICKEN

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The straight part
We know that "scaredy-cat" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case scaredy-cat = chicken.
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 CHICKEN mean?

CHICKEN noun
  1. A domestic fowl, Gallus gallus, especially when young.
  2. The meat from this bird eaten as food.
  3. The young of any bird; a chick.
  4. A coward.
  5. A young or inexperienced person.
  6. A young, attractive, slim man, usually having little body hair; compare chickenhawk.
  7. The game of dare.
  8. A simple dance in which the movements of a chicken are imitated.
CHICKEN adjective
  1. Cowardly.
CHICKEN verb
  1. To avoid a situation one is afraid of.
CHICKEN noun
  1. A young bird.
  2. A young chicken.
  3. (term of endearment) A young child.
  4. A young, especially attractive, woman or teenage girl.

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