The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word PATENT
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More clues leading to the result PATENT
- Person consulting doctor is disheartened — that’s plain
- Obvious inventor’s right
- Certificate: I’ll leave one doctor sees to
- Obvious all fingers and thumbs smothered in butter
- Communion plate close to priest is easily accessible
- Clear case, unpacking middle
- Obvious covered in butter, all fingers and thumbs?
- Father’s holiday accommodation is easily recognisable
- Open Dad’s wine
- … providing clear evidence of invention
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The straight part
We know that "Obvious/inventor’s right" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case obvious/inventor’s right = patent.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does PATENT mean?
PATENT noun- A declaration issued by a government agency declaring someone the inventor of a new invention and having the privilege of stopping others from making, using or selling the claimed invention; a letter patent.
- A specific grant of ownership of a piece of property; a land patent.
- License; formal permission.
- Patent leather: a varnished, high-gloss leather typically used for shoes and accessories.
- To successfully register an invention with a government agency; to secure a letter patent.
- Open, unobstructed, expanded.
- Explicit and obvious.
- (of flour) That is fine, and consists mostly of the inner part of the endosperm.
- Open; unconcealed; conspicuous.
- Open to public perusal; said of a document conferring some right or privilege.
- Protected by a legal patent.