The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SCENT
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More clues leading to the result SCENT
- Bouquet dispatched for the speaker
- ... bouquet delivered by post, do we hear?
- Track broadcast on radio
- Trace small American coin
- Perfume reportedly coming by mail order
- Reporter’s dispatched perfume
- Bouquet dispatched, we're told
- Track broadcast on the radio
- Told to go in conversation with guide
- What Ds follow, finding cocaine in 10’s Rolls
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The straight part
We know that "perfume" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case perfume = scent.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 SCENT mean?
SCENT noun- A distinctive odour or smell.
- An odour left by an animal that may be used for tracing.
- The sense of smell.
- A perfume.
- Any trail or trace that can be followed to find something or someone, such as the paper left behind in a paperchase.
- Sense, perception.
- To detect the scent of; to discern by the sense of smell.
- To have a suspicion of.
- To impart an odour to.
- To have a smell.
- To hunt animals by means of the sense of smell.