The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 plus 3 letter word CREW CUT
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More clues leading to the result CREW CUT
- Staff trimmed in style
- Sailors with cute, short hairdo
- Team made smaller in bristling style?
- Number one reduction on board?
- Cheshire town loses last share; that’s style!
- Sailors get their share when clippers take off
- Not much up top, this bunch of sailors – ignore
- What might you have after being distressed? Tea?
- Rowers on canal identifying arrangement of locks
- Style on top sailors share
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "when clippers take off" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case when clippers take off = crew cut.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.
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