The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word PROSE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result PROSE
- Page by girl, not poetic writing
- Speaker’s arguments for ordinary writing
- Some writing quietly got more intense?
- Experts on English translation exercise
- Writing supporting southeast
- . Writing in support of case of sabotage
- Type of writing of period seen regularly
- Priest stood up to deliver dull discourse
- Sue ignoring charming writing
- Language test went up by a penny
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The straight part
We know that "to deliver dull discourse" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case to deliver dull discourse = prose.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does PROSE mean?
PROSE noun- Language, particularly written language, not intended as poetry.
- Language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse.
- A hymn with no regular meter, sometimes introduced into the Mass.
- To write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way.