The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word ITALICISE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result ITALICISE
- Put slant on appeal: one’s encapsulated by Lewis’s girl
- Type inclined to show stress
- Appeal is penned by girl to make text stand out
- Put on a slope, it is held by girl
- Use distinctive type to stress facilities left by France
- Make stuff like spaghetti?
- Underline it — Alice is inside
- In email, make a big deal of fervent felicitations without wacky font
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "Put on a slope" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case put on a slope = italicise.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does ITALICISE mean?
ITALICISE verb- To put into italics.
- To emphasize.