The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word STOKES
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result STOKES
- Groups returned, importing satisfactory fuels
- England’s all-rounder gets all fired up
- Fires up superstar on the pitch?
- City’s cricketer keeps burning
- Physicist puts up with satisfactory input
- To take a puff on board adds fuel to the fire
- Cricketer all right in second test almost to the end
- Provides coal for scientific unit
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The straight part
We know that "Provides coal for/scientific unit" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case provides coal for/scientific unit = stokes.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 STOKES mean?
STOKES verb- To poke, pierce, thrust.
- To feed, stir up, especially, a fire or furnace.
- (by extension) To encourage a behavior or emotion.
- To attend to or supply a furnace with fuel; to act as a stoker or fireman.
- A unit of kinematic viscosity in the CGS system of units. 1 stokes = 1 cm2/s