The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word NORTH
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More clues leading to the result NORTH
- Pole playing a part in television or theatre
- Pole appearing earlier in Gdansk
- Some pin, or this point
- Direction from minor thane
- Player, reluctant, eviscerated in classical drama
- Thorn, nasty point!
- Drama ends in disaster and violent death for card player
- Player given hand, being latest in series to receive gold
- Old PM's point
- No remorse, ditching University bridge player
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The straight part
We know that "Old PM/point" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case old pm/point = north.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does NORTH mean?
NORTH noun- One of the four major compass points, specifically 0°, directed toward the North Pole, and conventionally upwards on a map, abbreviated as N.
- The up or positive direction.
- The positive or north pole of a magnet, which seeks the magnetic pole near Earth's geographic North Pole (which, for its magnetic properties, is a south pole).
- To turn or move toward the north.
- Of or pertaining to the north; northern.
- Toward the north; northward.
- Of wind, from the north.
- Pertaining to the part of a corridor used by northbound traffic.
- More or greater than.
- Toward the north; northward; northerly.