The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word TWINE
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More clues leading to the result TWINE
- Something of a rake pinches women’s threads
- Part of an antler’s secured with cord
- Initially tied with ideal new English string
- Point about women's tier?
- Sudden pain not good for one stranded
- It secures victory in time that’s empty
- Flatulent? In the end, booze can give you wind
- One in dancing went to twist together
- Part of fork’s secured with gardening string
- Beginning to tie 18 with string
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The straight part
We know that "to twist together" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case to twist together = twine.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does TWINE mean?
TWINE noun- A twist; a convolution.
- A strong thread composed of two or three smaller threads or strands twisted together, and used for various purposes, as for binding small parcels, making nets, and the like; a small cord or string.
- The act of twining or winding round.
- Intimate and suggestive dance gyrations.
- To weave together.
- To wind, as one thread around another, or as any flexible substance around another body.
- To wind about; to embrace; to entwine.
- To mutually twist together; to become mutually involved; to intertwine.
- To wind; to bend; to make turns; to meander.
- To ascend in spiral lines about a support; to climb spirally.
- To turn round; to revolve.
- To change the direction of.
- To mingle; to mix.
- (obsolete outside Scotland) To separate, divide.
- (obsolete outside Scotland) To split, part; to go away, depart.
- (usually in the passive) To join, unite; to form links between (now especially of two places in different countries).
- To be paired or suited.
- To give birth to twins.
- To be born at the same birth.