The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word TYRO
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More clues leading to the result TYRO
- Members of advisory team brought back for newcomer
- Novice that you rule out initially
- Novice found in empty room
- Learner — one from a part of Austria?
- Beginner at Ayr, so no first-places
- Novice lodged in city rooms
- Unruly Tory apprentice
- Rookie Conservative, upside down and back to front
- Tory disaster caused by one lacking experience
- novice
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The straight part
We know that "Novice" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case novice = tyro.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does TYRO mean?
TYRO noun- A beginner; a novice.