The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word LAPEL
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More clues leading to the result LAPEL
- Flap as animal trapped between lines
- Put the badge here — mimic’s opening lines
- Clumsy hulk separating local Labour leaders – might be button-holed
- Students keeping Primate in a flap
- Reading between the lines, copy part of coat
- The beast within lives for a sartorial feature
- Sartorial feature of primate in two lines
- Tailors essentially copy line for part of jacket
- Collar partly tailored from chinchilla pelt
- Part of top copy pinched by Latin student
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The straight part
We know that "Put the badge here" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case put the badge here = lapel.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 LAPEL mean?
LAPEL noun- Each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on the front of a jacket or coat that are folded back below the throat, leaving a triangular opening between.