The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word POLYPS
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More clues leading to the result POLYPS
- Small growths extremely likely to fill small cracks
- Old cuttlefish, sloppy when dismembered
- Main growths in college and primary school heads
- Many an afterthought for small growths
- Reports about extremely lumpy pedunculated tumours
- Around the beginning of last year, Pops got abnormal growths
- Crop raised by agent going north for the coral reef residents
- Slippery, sloppy sea creatures
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The straight part
We know that "Old cuttlefish" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case old cuttlefish = polyps.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.
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What does POLYPS mean?
POLYPS noun- An abnormal growth protruding from a mucous membrane
- A cylindrical coelenterate, such as the hydra, having a mouth surrounded with tentacles