The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word WALLOW
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More clues leading to the result WALLOW
- In expression of amazement, nothing but delight
- Flounder and bass seen on Washington lake
- Roll in act up and down
- Permit wife to go ahead and roll about in mud
- Overturning rule “vulgar to indulge immoderately”
- All join in exclamation of surprise and revel in it!
- Enjoy wife's grant
- Everything's in my roll
- Leader will let lie
- Delight shown by wife over permit
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The straight part
We know that "roll about in mud" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case roll about in mud = wallow.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does WALLOW mean?
WALLOW noun- An instance of wallowing.
- A pool of water or mud in which animals wallow, or the depression left by them in the ground.
- A kind of rolling walk.
- To roll oneself about in something dirty, for example in mud.
- To move lazily or heavily in any medium.
- To immerse oneself in, to occupy oneself with, metaphorically.
- To live or exist in filth or in a sickening manner.
- To wither; to fade.
- Tasteless, flat.