The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word THRESH
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result THRESH
- Take husks off tough rice and such
- Bit of racket in the silence indicating work on farm?
- Beat trio, almost quiet
- Beat with run in the silence
- Hit triads dumping eastern heroin
- As to Schubert’s peak, the Unfinished comes first, hard to beat
- Flail two thirds of verge
- Process corn to start with, then harvest ripe East Sussex hops
- Work with the grain
- Flail about in the endless quiet
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The straight part
We know that "Process corn" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case process corn = thresh.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does THRESH mean?
THRESH verb- To separate the grain from the straw or husks (chaff) by mechanical beating, with a flail or machinery.
- To beat soundly, usually with some tool such as a stick or whip; to drub.