The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word TANNER
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result TANNER
- Queen and king on head of tossed coin, once
- Old coin for Sun, perhaps
- I beat Elsie
- Old money for one who’s helped make 11?
- One can cure skin — or damage it, perhaps?
- Sun seemingly in old money?
- Old money for a man who got to hide
- Dead Queen’s inscription on either side of that old coin
- Elsie hides converter for 26
- 8 Brown's north-eastern relative initially gets old six-pence
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The straight part
We know that "One can cure skin/or damage it, perhaps" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case one can cure skin/or damage it, perhaps = tanner.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does TANNER mean?
TANNER noun- A person whose occupation is to tan hides, or convert them into leather by the use of tan.
- A former British coin, worth six old pence
- Of a yellowish-brown.
- Having dark skin as a result of exposure to the sun.
- A type of commercially-fished crab, Chionoecetes bairdi or Chionoecetes opilio.