The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word STROKE
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More clues leading to the result STROKE
- Pet is quiet with mist falling
- Pet butterfly?
- Gently rub butterfly, perhaps
- A zek or tsar with wings clipped, backing coup
- Put pressure on one involved in a row
- Hit a bloke sticking his oar in
- An inspired act of resistance to contain City? Just the opposite
- Hit one having a row
- Swimming style is a cause of brain damage
- Pet butterfly, say
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The straight part
We know that "Pet" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case pet = stroke.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does STROKE mean?
STROKE noun- An act of stroking (moving one's hand over a surface).
- A blow or hit.
- A single movement with a tool.
- One of a series of beats or movements against a resisting medium, by means of which movement through or upon it is accomplished.
- A powerful or sudden effort by which something is done, produced, or accomplished; also, something done or accomplished by such an effort.
- A line drawn with a pen or other writing implement, particularly:
- A streak made with a brush.
- The time when a clock strikes.
- A style, a single movement within a style.
- The loss of brain function arising when the blood supply to the brain is suddenly interrupted.
- A sudden attack of any disease, especially when fatal; any sudden, severe affliction or calamity.
- The oar nearest the stern of a boat, by which the other oars are guided.
- The rower who is nearest the stern of the boat.
- Backstage influence.
- A point awarded to a player in case of interference or obstruction by the opponent.
- An individual discharge of lightning.
- The result or effect of a striking; injury or affliction; soreness.
- An addition or amendment to a written composition; a touch.
- A throb or beat, as of the heart.
- Power; influence.
- Appetite.
- In transactional analysis, a (generally positive) reaction to a person, fulfilling their needs or desires.
- To move one's hand or an object (such as a broom) along (a surface) in one direction.
- To hit the ball with the bat in a flowing motion.
- To give a finely fluted surface to.
- To row the stroke oar of.