Cryptic crossword clue
Note success after first from Cambridge 4

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word CHIT

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We know that "Note" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case note = chit.
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What does CHIT mean?

CHIT noun
  1. A child or babe; a young, small, or insignificant person or animal.
  2. A pert or sassy young person, especially a young woman.
CHIT noun
  1. The embryonic growing bud of a plant
  2. An excrescence on the body, as a wart or a pimple.
CHIT verb
  1. To sprout; to shoot, as a seed or plant.
  2. To damage the outer layers of a seed such as Lupinus or Sophora to assist germination.
  3. To initiate sprouting of tubers, such as potatoes, by placing them in special environment, before planting into the soil.
CHIT noun
  1. A small sheet or scrap of paper with a hand-written note as a reminder or personal message.
  2. A voucher or token coin used in payrolls under the truck system; scrip.
  3. A small sheet of paper on which is written a prescription to be filled; a scrip.
  4. A smaller cardboard counter generally used not to directly represent something but for another, more transient, purpose such as tracking or randomization.
  5. A signed voucher or memorandum of a small debt, as for food and drinks at a club.
  6. A debt or favor owed in return for a prior loan or favor granted, especially a political favor.
CHIT noun
  1. A small tool used in cleaving laths. Compare: froe.
CHIT noun
  1. Shit.
CHIT interjection
  1. Shit.

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