The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word UNREAD
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result UNREAD
- New note in rectangular space, initially unseen, ignored by addressee?
- Obscure Auden repertoire initially remaining on the bookshelf?
- Having not looked at words, not prepared, falling short
- Article penned by a foreign Socialist is not perused
- As king once was falsely supposed to be, mostly ignorant
- Not studied, so mostly ill-prepared
- Ill-informed but not entirely ill-prepared
- Illiterate and slow to act? Not quite!
- Illiterate under a strain
- Bun, bread without starters like Spam
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "Not studied" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case not studied = unread.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does UNREAD mean?
UNREAD verb- To undo the process of reading.
- To flag (a previously read e-mail or similar message) as not having been read.
- Not having been read.
- Not having read; uneducated.