The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 2 plus 6 letter word NO WONDER
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More clues leading to the result NO WONDER
- Hardly surprising, snow on Derry’s walls
- Presumably once off, burning to return? Hardly surprising!
- Blushing now, playing around as you’d expect
- 17 minus 11 unsurprisingly
- It’s not surprising there isn’t a miracle
- Partly bored now only, after retirement? Not surprising!
- As expected, currently drone is flying
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "Not surprising" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case not surprising = no wonder.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.