The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word LIE
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More clues leading to the result LIE
- Position of railway not new
- Whopper somewhat colossal, I expect
- Line that is something deceptive
- One of Hugo's articles about current story
- Rest of weight porky lecturer carries
- Some colliers are buried
- Animal’s hiding place in story
- Untruth some believe
- Rest claimed regularly
- Led up ’ere I prepared to wait before jumping
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The straight part
We know that "Rest" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case rest = lie.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does LIE mean?
LIE noun- The terrain and conditions surrounding the ball before it is struck.
- The terrain and conditions surrounding the disc before it is thrown.
- The position of a fetus in the womb.
- A manner of lying; relative position.
- An animal's lair.
- To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
- To be placed or situated.
- To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition.
- Used with in: to be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist.
- Used with with: to have sexual relations with.
- Used with on/upon: to be incumbent (on); to be the responsibility of a person.
- To lodge; to sleep.
- To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.
- To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained.
- To give false information intentionally with intent to deceive.
- To convey a false image or impression.
- To be mistaken or unintentionally spread false information.
- An intentionally false statement; an intentional falsehood.
- A statement intended to deceive, even if literally true; a half-truth
- Anything that misleads or disappoints.