The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word PYLON
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More clues leading to the result PYLON
- Power line held in that?
- Extremely prickly academic put out by London steel structure
- Support from chirpy Londoners
- Steel structure only demolished under pressure
- Not all occupy London's tower
- Copy long division – can it raise the power?
- Cable carrier left bitten by heartless snake
- One performing high-wire supporting act?
- Supporter to arrive with many others, we hear
- Starts to play yorkers later on: now this holds things up
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The straight part
We know that "Power line held in that?" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case power line held in that? = pylon.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does PYLON mean?
PYLON noun- A gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple.
- A tower-like structure, usually one of a series, used to support high-voltage electricity cables.
- A structure used to mount engines, missiles etc., to the underside of an aircraft wing or fuselage.
- A starting derrick for an aeroplane.
- A post, tower, etc. as on an aerodrome, or flying ground, serving to bound or mark a prescribed course of flight.
- An obelisk.
- A traffic cone.
- An orange marker designating one of the four corners of the end zone in American football.
- A rigid prosthesis for the lower leg.