The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 plus 3 letter word OFF PAT
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result OFF PAT
- Not on track, almost exactly recalled
- Not fancying the postman, exactly, from memory!
- Not eating a little butter? Well remembered
- Remembered exactly Dicky having stroke
- Not wanting a stroke remembered
- Learned thoroughly from Englishwoman or Irishman
- Dad’s immersed in bad thriller, initially memorised fully!
- Could be postman’s indisposed previously to the letter
- Exactly memorised start time covering each year
- Apt to be faithfully remembered?
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The straight part
We know that "exactly recalled" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case exactly recalled = off pat.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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