The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word INSECT
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More clues leading to the result INSECT
- Bug popular dissenting group
- Small photo capturing start of county cricket, for example
- Removing piano, examine bug
- Praying mantis, say, as part of religious group?
- Where one might see some transcendentalists fly?
- Heartless vet’s a loathsome creature
- Maybe fly home with group of believers
- Examine heartless, wretched person
- Maybe fly home — southeast Connecticut
- Maybe cricket’s stylish division
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The straight part
We know that "bug" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case bug = insect.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does INSECT mean?
INSECT noun- An arthropod in the class Insecta, characterized by six legs, up to four wings, and a chitinous exoskeleton.
- Any small arthropod similar to an insect including spiders, centipedes, millipedes, etc
- A contemptible or powerless person.