The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word FLARE
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More clues leading to the result FLARE
- Spread of food with litres for drinking
- Passengers left inside spread out
- Dreadful earful preceding Penny’s sudden outburst
- . Erupt when left without price of ticket? The opposite
- Flash unfashionable attire — reduced!
- Very light, for example
- Glaringly display talent for audience
- Stranded rower may need to get this — or row!
- Blaze of light bent, by the sound of it?
- Outburst and terrible earful over parking
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The straight part
We know that "spread out" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case spread out = flare.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does FLARE mean?
FLARE noun- A sudden bright light.
- A source of brightly burning light or intense heat.
- A sudden eruption or outbreak; a flare-up.
- A widening of an object with an otherwise roughly constant width.
- (in plural) Bell-bottom trousers.
- The transition from downward flight to level flight just before landing.
- A low fly ball that is hit in the region between the infielders and the outfielders.
- A route run by the running back, releasing toward the sideline and then slightly arcing upfield looking for a short pass.
- Short for lens flare.
- To cause to burn.
- To cause inflammation; to inflame.
- To open outward in shape.
- To (operate an aircraft to) transition from downward flight to level flight just before landing.
- To blaze brightly.
- To shine out with a sudden and unsteady light; to emit a dazzling or painfully bright light.
- To shine out with gaudy colours; to be offensively bright or showy.
- To suddenly happen or intensify.
- To suddenly erupt in anger.
- To be exposed to too much light.