Cryptic crossword clue
Number cut by half, amount that can be ignored? 3

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word FIG

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The straight part
We know that "amount that can be ignored?" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case amount that can be ignored? = fig.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does FIG mean?

FIG noun
  1. A fruit-bearing tree or shrub of the genus Ficus that is native mainly to the tropics.
  2. The fruit of the fig tree, pear-shaped and containing many small seeds.
  3. A small piece of tobacco.
  4. The value of a fig, practically nothing; a fico; a whit.
  5. A raisin (dried grape)
FIG verb
  1. To insult with a fico, or contemptuous motion.
  2. To put into the head of, as something useless or contemptible.
  3. (soap-making) To develop, or cause (a soap) to develop, white streaks or granulations.
FIG verb
  1. To move suddenly or quickly; rove about.
FIG noun
  1. A person's figure; dress or appearance.
FIG verb
  1. To dress; to get oneself up a certain way.
FIG noun
  1. A drawing or diagram conveying information.
  2. The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modelling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body.
  3. A person or thing representing a certain consciousness.
  4. The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career of a person.
  5. Distinguished appearance; magnificence; conspicuous representation; splendour; show.
  6. A human figure, which dress or corset must fit to; the shape of a human body.
  7. A numeral.
  8. A number, an amount.
  9. A shape.
  10. A visible pattern as in wood or cloth.
  11. Any complex dance moveW.
  12. A figure of speech.
  13. The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term.
  14. A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses.
  15. Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression.
  16. A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a motif; a florid embellishment.
FIG verb
  1. To insert a ginger root into the anus, vagina or urethra of: to perform figging upon.

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