The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word PARCEL
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result PARCEL
- One wrapped hammer up with coloured film
- Package right put in place for sorting
- Package friend put outside back of our church
- Room in jail is curtailed after equality package
- Package in unusual place outside front of restaurant
- Standard element of animation plot
- Quietly clear for development, making a packet
- Package tour’s last chance for vacation in China
- Jump back, receiving Catholic item in post
- Package trucker regularly brought into China
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The straight part
We know that "packet" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case packet = parcel.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 PARCEL mean?
PARCEL noun- A package wrapped for shipment.
- An individual consignment of cargo for shipment, regardless of size and form.
- A division of land bought and sold as a unit.
- A group of birds.
- An indiscriminate or indefinite number, measure, or quantity; a collection; a group.
- A small amount of food that has been wrapped up, for example a pastry.
- A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a whole; a part.
- To wrap something up into the form of a package.
- To wrap a strip around the end of a rope.
- To divide and distribute by parts or portions; often with out or into.
- To add a parcel or item to; to itemize.
- Part or half; in part; partially.