The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word REPORT
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More clues leading to the result REPORT
- Explosion traveller recorded at first in a number of books
- Detailed statement about harbour
- Porter prepared an account
- Exposition concerning what may be drunk at dinner
- Rumour about harbour
- Story about harbour
- Engineers left account of progress made?
- & 21 Give excuse not to go to work: “Prick rot’s bad – without energy”
- Patient pusher of drug left first, right?
- Statement on the left
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The straight part
We know that "an account" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case an account = report.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does REPORT mean?
REPORT noun- A piece of information describing, or an account of certain events given or presented to someone, with the most common adpositions being by (referring to creator of the report) and on (referring to the subject).
- Reputation.
- The sharp, loud sound from a gun or explosion.
- An employee whose position in a corporate hierarchy is below that of a particular manager.
- To relate details of (an event or incident); to recount, describe (something).
- To repeat (something one has heard), to retell; to pass on, convey (a message, information etc.).
- To take oneself (to someone or something) for guidance or support; to appeal.
- To notify someone of (particular intelligence, suspicions, illegality, misconduct etc.); to make notification to relevant authorities; to submit a formal report of.
- To make a formal statement, especially of complaint, about (someone).
- To show up or appear at an appointed time; to present oneself.
- To write news reports (for); to cover as a journalist or reporter.
- To be accountable to or subordinate to (someone) in a hierarchy; to receive orders from (someone); to give official updates to (someone who is above oneself in a hierarchy).
- To return or present as the result of an examination or consideration of any matter officially referred.
- To take minutes of (a speech, the doings of a public body, etc.); to write down from the lips of a speaker.
- To refer.
- To return or repeat, as sound; to echo.