The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word CALICO
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More clues leading to the result CALICO
- Plain cloth covered in mystical icons
- . California company importing India’s foremost cotton cloth
- Boxer carries cold, firm cloth
- Material impounded by evangelical iconoclast
- Bill returns with new coil of fabric
- Army boss imprisoning almost everyone over coarse material
- Boxer about to get into company making cloth
- This cloth hat with stitching might become a Catholic
- Always forgetting last time, spiteful woman set fire to bed cloth
- Material about company admitting endless deception
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The straight part
We know that "Plain cloth" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case plain cloth = calico.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does CALICO mean?
CALICO noun- A kind of rough cloth made from unbleached and not fully processed cotton, often printed with a bright pattern.
- Having a pattern of red and contrasting areas, resembling the color of calico cloth.
- A tortoiseshell and white domestic cat.