The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word SUGGESTION
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More clues leading to the result SUGGESTION
- Resort to guessing to get the idea
- Hint of a sort? Reduced to guessing
- Resort to guessing just a little bit
- Trace pointer
- Piece of advice from guests: go in drunk
- Helpful hint to counter Gus with a din over the model’s entry after the German leader’s welcome
- Hint of sea urchin at first. No it's egg in retrospect
- Resort to guessing for this hint
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The straight part
We know that "the idea" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case the idea = suggestion.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 SUGGESTION mean?
SUGGESTION noun- Something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for)
- The act of suggesting.
- Something implied, which the mind is liable to take as fact.
- The act of exercising control over a hypnotised subject by communicating some belief or impulse by means of words or gestures; the idea so suggested.
- Information, insinuation, speculation, as opposed to a sworn testimony and evidence