The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word HORSESHOE
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More clues leading to the result HORSESHOE
- Last pair of gardeners in gardens attack the weeds? That’s a lucky thing
- Arab, possibly, has house in Home Counties, lucky thing!
- Lucky charm that protects frog
- Oxford pursuing heroin? It’s nailed on
- House here’s so dilapidated — is that lucky?
- Mustang’s tool may be a lucky thing
- For instance, Hackney South and Harrow form a curve
- Work of a forger, bent but possibly lucky
- It may be cast in two ways, so he or she may make it
- Filly’s standing by weed? That’s lucky
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The straight part
We know that "It’s nailed on" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case it’s nailed on = horseshoe.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does HORSESHOE mean?
HORSESHOE noun- The U-shaped metallic shoe of a horse.
- A U-shaped piece of metal used to play the game horseshoes.
- The U shape of a horseshoe.
- A well-developed set of triceps brachii muscles.
- The symbol ⊃.
- (Midwest US) An open-faced sandwich originating from Springfield, Illinois State, consisting of thick-sliced toasted bread, often Texas toast, a hamburger patty, French fries, and a cheese sauce.
- To apply horseshoes to (a horse).