The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ORIGAMI
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result ORIGAMI
- Payment from right foreign friend for decorative art
- Old costume, a male one in Japanese art
- Ring friend abroad about kit for art in Tokyo
- Folding stuff and cheque backing mate in France
- Paper folding in old Baltic city? This writer’s upset
- This person's given a subsidy, turning up Asian art
- In which paperwork is sorted by folders
- Oriental craft capsized one mile south of old port
- Oriental art fiddle old Parisian buddy conceals
- Oriental art fiddle old Parisian chum conceals
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "art in Tokyo" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case art in tokyo = origami.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does ORIGAMI mean?
ORIGAMI noun- The Japanese art of paper folding.
- A piece of art made by folding paper.
- The materials science technology that applies the art of origami to products.
- The materials science that studies origami applications in various material.
- The mathematics field that studies folding 2-d surfaces into 3-d structures, using construct folds and creases akin to that from the art of origami.