The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word TRACK
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More clues leading to the result TRACK
- Dog food without flavour ultimately
- Line from song off a record
- Follow carriage heading north with king
- Way to change one’s view when queen enters
- Follow the movements of vehicle reversing kilometres
- Dog harness covering Rover's head
- Rough path taking zigzag course across river
- Follow something on an album
- Follow motorists’ friend in empty truck
- Dog food? That’s about right
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The straight part
We know that "Rough path" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case rough path = track.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does TRACK mean?
TRACK noun- A mark left by something that has passed along.
- A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or animal.
- The entire lower surface of the foot; said of birds, etc.
- A road or other similar beaten path.
- Physical course; way.
- A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc.
- The direction and progress of someone or something; path.
- The way or rails along which a train moves.
- A tract or area, such as of land.
- The street, as a prostitute's place of work.
- Awareness of something, especially when arising from close monitoring.
- The distance between two opposite wheels on a same axletree.
- Short for caterpillar track.
- The pitch.
- Sound stored on a record.
- The physical track on a record.
- A song or other relatively short piece of music, on a record, separated from others by a short silence.
- A circular (never-ending) data storage unit on a side of magnetic or optical disk, divided into sectors.
- The racing events of track and field; track and field in general.
- A session talk on a conference.
- To continue over time.
- To follow the tracks of.
- To make tracks on.
- To create a musical recording (a track).
- To make sense; to be consistent with known information