The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word APPEAL
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More clues leading to the result APPEAL
- Attraction priests originally found in a set of bells
- Attractiveness of dapper male stripped
- Draw a ring round the capital of Peru
- Request a very quiet meal with no starter
- England’s opener in shock review at Headingley?
- Seem to change sides with request for aid
- Attraction of Happy Meals without dressing
- Please ask for help to challenge decision
- Request loudly a spa treatment
- Ask for it?
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The straight part
We know that "Request" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case request = appeal.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does APPEAL mean?
APPEAL noun- An application for the removal of a cause or suit from an inferior to a superior judge or court for re-examination or review.
- The mode of proceeding by which such removal is effected.
- The right of appeal.
- An accusation; a process which formerly might be instituted by one private person against another for some heinous crime demanding punishment for the particular injury suffered, rather than for the offense against the public.
- An accusation of a felon at common law by one of his accomplices, which accomplice was then called an approver.
- A summons to answer to a charge.
- A call to a person or an authority for help, proof or a decision; entreaty.
- Resort to physical means; recourse.
- Power to attract or interest.
- A call to or use of a principle or quality for purposes of persuasion.
- To call upon another to decide a question controverted, to corroborate a statement, to vindicate one's rights, etc.
- To call on (someone) for aid
- (informal elsewhere) To apply for the removal of a cause from an inferior to a superior judge or court for the purpose of reexamination or for decision.
- To be attractive.
- To ask an umpire for a decision on whether a batsman is out or not, usually by saying "How's that" or "Howzat".
- To accuse (someone of something).
- To summon; to challenge.
- To invoke (used with to).