The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word BATCH
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result BATCH
- Group getting cold in tub
- Particular delivery, necessity for cricket, voided catch
- Group has little time to invest in composer
- Stick with extremely clannish set
- Clubs in English city making a collection
- Composer keeping time in group
- Set piece of brick on church
- Set from tenor penned by composer
- Be up to church group
- Set time taken by German composer
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The straight part
We know that "Particular delivery" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case particular delivery = batch.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.
What does BATCH mean?
BATCH noun- The quantity of bread or other baked goods baked at one time.
- (by extension) A quantity of anything produced at one operation.
- A group or collection of things of the same kind, such as a batch of letters or the next batch of business.
- A set of data to be processed with one execution of a program.
- A bread roll.
- A graduating class.
- The process of baking.
- To aggregate things together into a batch.
- To handle a set of input data or requests as a batch process.
- Of a process, operating for a defined set of conditions, and then halting.
- A bank; a sandbank.
- A field or patch of ground lying near a stream; the dale in which a stream flows.
- To live as a bachelor temporarily, of a married man or someone virtually married.