The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word WHISTLE
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More clues leading to the result WHISTLE
- Sound the alarm as “whiskey” is adopted for a time for Scots emblem
- Game spelt out or encrypted in series of calls
- Make shrill sound in the act of crossing street
- American artist's short pipe
- Sound surprised US painter's not finished
- Sound a warning, perhaps, when crossing street
- Pipe Len's half-finished after game of cards
- Cockney's suit in stretch to accommodate good man
- Inform the Catalan about supporting card game
- Signal when detailed cast list is included
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The straight part
We know that "Pipe" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case pipe = whistle.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does WHISTLE mean?
WHISTLE noun- A device designed to be placed in the mouth and blown, or driven by steam or some other mechanism, to make a whistling sound.
- An act of whistling.
- A shrill, high-pitched sound made by whistling.
- Any high-pitched sound similar to the sound made by whistling.
- A suit (from whistle and flute).
- The mouth and throat; so called as being the organs of whistling.
- To make a shrill, high-pitched sound by forcing air through the mouth. To produce a whistling sound, restrictions to the flow of air are created using the teeth, tongue and lips.
- To make a similar sound by forcing air through a musical instrument or a pipe etc.
- To move in such a way as to create a whistling sound.
- To send, signal, or call by a whistle.