The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word TRIPOD
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result TRIPOD
- Stand as excursion party returned
- Stand in spot, turning, suppressing tear
- Stand with climbing party after stumble
- Stand being overdrawn after voyage
- Stand with legs splayed out from port I’d drunk
- Support for shooting in airstrip, oddly
- Support for snaps shown by retired party after excursion
- Fall over heading for ducking stool
- Stand up to perform after stumble
- Make a stand as point is reversed about 14
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What does TRIPOD mean?
TRIPOD noun- A three-legged stand or mount.
- A man with macrophallism.
- To enter the tripod position showing signs of exhaustion or distress.