The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word TOUCH
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More clues leading to the result TOUCH
- Spot sort to use a keyboard
- Put finger on front of thigh: that hurt!
- Disappointment, ultimately, that hurts very little
- Plant a message to establish social distancing?
- Show skill as office worker, the sort to stay on the sideline?
- Little contact
- Ask for money from hoodlum exchanging grand for cocaine
- Caress that hurts after time
- Feel spot
- Contact, though at first that hurt
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The straight part
We know that "PA routinely did" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case pa routinely did = touch.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.