The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word PLAIT
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More clues leading to the result PLAIT
- Interwoven material mine that captivates the French
- Provider’s left milk, French bread
- Climbing mountain’s given Italian a bit of a shock
- Depression grips city and part of Barnet
- Pull a pint regularly in Barnet?
- What Rick really said to Sam’s not unknown, but it’s been twisted
- Hairstyle is pleasing to a Parisian
- Hairstyle where it’s under part loops across at first
- President gutted about US state institute's shock feature possibly
- Queue for dinner item called out
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What does PLAIT mean?
PLAIT noun- A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat.
- A braid, as of hair or straw; a plat.
- To fold; to double in narrow folds; to pleat
- To interweave the strands or locks of; to braid