The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word CHEW
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result CHEW
- Work with teeth, clubs and axe
- Not exactly cut out for work with canines
- Munch chop after chop, initially
- Revolutionary women’s champ?
- Cold chop to munch
- At first ‘chop chop chops’ will do it
- Start to cut, shape and grind
- Revolutionary with bite
- Fanatic — he willingly boxes champ
- Man and wife carry 100 quid?
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The straight part
We know that "champ" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case champ = chew.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does CHEW mean?
CHEW noun- The act of chewing; mastication with the mouth.
- Level of chewiness.
- A small sweet, such as a taffy, that is eaten by chewing.
- Chewing tobacco.
- A plug or wad of chewing tobacco; chaw or a chaw.
- The condition of something being torn or ground up mechanically.
- To crush with the teeth by repeated closing and opening of the jaws; done to food to soften it and break it down by the action of saliva before it is swallowed.
- To grind, tear, or otherwise degrade or demolish something with teeth or as with teeth.
- To think about something; to ponder; to chew over.