The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word BREACH
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More clues leading to the result BREACH
- British sweep seen as an infringement
- Disruption where one might play volleyball? About right
- . Crack dealer finally moves into The Strand
- Parting buttocks audibly
- Opening in lower part, it’s said
- Fracture in bone, one’s not required to stretch
- Rift created by a broken promise?
- British arrive at Split
- Opening note penned by German composer
- Opening bank’s initial scope
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The straight part
We know that "Opening" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case opening = breach.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does BREACH mean?
BREACH noun- A gap or opening made by breaking or battering, as in a wall, fortification or levee / embankment; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence
- A breaking up of amicable relations, a falling-out.
- A breaking of waters, as over a vessel or a coastal defence; the waters themselves
- A breaking out upon; an assault.
- A bruise; a wound.
- A hernia; a rupture.
- A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment
- A difference in opinions, social class etc.
- The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.
- To make a breach in.
- To violate or break.
- (of the sea) To break into a ship or into a coastal defence.
- (of a whale) To leap out of the water.