The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word TACT
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More clues leading to the result TACT
- Audibly changed direction in diplomatic understanding
- Thanks court for diplomacy
- Time to do something in diplomacy
- Speaker's changed direction, showing sensitivity
- With no flaws in this diplomacy
- Turned up at court, showing discretion
- Understood one’s out for diplomacy
- Pamphlet lacking right sensitivity
- Diplomacy nailed, by the sound of it
- Dry sandwiches a cold delicacy
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "sensitivity" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case sensitivity = tact.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 TACT mean?
TACT noun- The sense of touch; feeling.
- The stroke in beating time.
- Sensitive mental touch; special skill or faculty; keen perception or discernment; ready power of appreciating and doing what is required by circumstances; the ability to say the right thing.
- A verbal operant which is controlled by a nonverbal stimulus (such as an object, event, or property of an object) and is maintained by nonspecific social reinforcement (praise).
- To use a tact (a kind of verbal operant; see noun sense).
- A maneuver, or action calculated to achieve some end.
- A maneuver used against an enemy.
- A sequence of moves that limits the opponent's options and results in an immediate and tangible advantage, typically in the form of material.