Cryptic crossword clue
Pace of study after tea being delivered 5

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word TREAD

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The straight part

We know that "Pace" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case pace = tread.

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What does TREAD mean?

1. To step or walk (on or over something); to trample.
2. To step or walk upon.
3. To beat or press with the feet.
4. To go through or accomplish by walking, dancing, etc.
5. To crush under the foot; to trample in contempt or hatred; to subdue.
6. To copulate; said of (especially male) birds.
7. (of a male bird) To copulate with.

1. A step taken with the foot.
2. A manner of stepping.
3. The sound made when someone or something is walking.
4. A way; a track or path.
5. The horizontal part of a step in a flight of stairs.
6. The grooves carved into the face of a tire, used to give the tire traction.
7. The grooves on the bottom of a shoe or other footwear, used to give grip or traction.
8. The chalaza of a bird's egg; the treadle.
9. The act of avian copulation in which the male bird mounts the female by standing on her back.
10. (fortification) The top of the banquette, on which soldiers stand to fire over the parapet.
11. A bruise or abrasion produced on the foot or ankle of a horse that interferes, or strikes its feet together.

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