The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word TAPE
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More clues leading to the result TAPE
- Time to copy recording
- Record thanks at start of gym class
- Record knock by opener for Essex
- Record finish for a race
- Record that winning runner might break?
- Record that’s broken at end of race
- Record overseas resident returning when vote is lost
- Record Irishman coming up on Ecstasy
- Record of the Northern orang-utan?
- Get a peep inside binder
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The straight part
We know that "Record" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case record = tape.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 TAPE mean?
TAPE noun- Flexible material in a roll with a sticky surface on one or both sides; adhesive tape.
- Thin and flat paper, plastic or similar flexible material, usually produced in the form of a roll.
- Finishing tape, stretched across a track to mark the end of a race.
- Magnetic or optical recording media in a roll; videotape or audio tape.
- (by extension) Any video or audio recording, regardless of the method used to produce it.
- An unthinking, patterned response triggered by a particular stimulus.
- (from ticker tape) The series of prices at which a financial instrument trades.
- The wrapping of the primary puck-handling surface of a hockey stick
- A strong flexible band rotating on pulleys for directing the sheets in a printing machine.
- To bind with adhesive tape.
- To record, particularly onto magnetic tape.
- (passive) To understand, figure out.