The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word EIGHT
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More clues leading to the result EIGHT
- Cube consumed orally
- Loopy figure’s importance, bypassing the Head
- Rowing team’s bulk initially reduced
- Maybe kilos wife's shed, showing figure
- A number of heavy objects uncovered
- Figure of one stone, perhaps, with front obscured
- No volunteer among the flipping crew
- A number picked up article about serving American
- What's missing from vision? Yes, group having a row
- Rowing crew consumed food soundly
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The straight part
We know that "Rowing team" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case rowing team = eight.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 EIGHT mean?
EIGHT noun- The digit/figure 8.
- Any of the four cards in a normal deck with the value eight.
- A light, narrow rowing boat, especially one used in competitive rowing, steered by a cox, in which eight rowers each have two oars.
- (especially in plural) A race in which such craft participate.
- The eight people who crew a rowing-boat.
- A numerical value equal to 8; the number occurring after seven and before nine.
- Describing a group or set with eight elements.
- The ordinal form of the number eight.
- An island in a river, especially the River Thames in England.