The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word BANNER
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More clues leading to the result BANNER
- One not allowing large headline
- Dead queen featuring in British flag
- Queen once draped in British flag
- One who prohibits flag
- Person who prohibits placard?
- Censor a headline
- Military standard of old queen displayed in Britain
- One who outlaws hanging
- British queen’s royal flag
- Old train company accommodating woman as standard
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What does BANNER mean?
BANNER noun- A flag or standard used by a military commander, monarch or nation.
- (by extension) The military unit under such a flag or standard.
- (by extension) A military or administrative subdivision.
- Any large sign, especially when made of soft material or fabric.
- A large piece of cloth with a slogan, motto, or emblem carried in a demonstration or other procession or suspended in some conspicuous place.
- (by extension) A cause or purpose; a campaign or movement.
- The title of a newspaper as printed on its front page; the nameplate; masthead.
- A type of advertisement on a web page or on television, usually taking the form of a graphic or animation above or alongside the content.
- The principal standard of a knight.
- A type of administrative division in Inner Mongolia, China (хошуу/旗) and Tuva (кожуун), made during the Qing dynasty. At this time, Outer Mongolia and part of Xinjiang were also divided this way.
- To adorn with a banner.
- To display as a banner headline.
- Exceptional; very good.
- One who bans something.