The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word TINPOT
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More clues leading to the result TINPOT
- Worthless metal container
- Can pocket valuable? Hardly!
- Foremost idiot turning up is unimportant
- Cheap containers
- ‘Second-rate!’ Upset about new book collection
- Worthless cap fool returned
- Inferior cast accepting rejected work
- Paltry fool given a rise – a large sum
- Cheap metal sink
- Metal container of little value
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The straight part
We know that "Paltry" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case paltry = tinpot.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.
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What does TINPOT mean?
TINPOT adjective- Inferior; shoddy.
- Of a country, regime etc., autocratic, especially amusingly so.