The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word REFUGE
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More clues leading to the result REFUGE
- Shelter sports official, very large for a Cockney
- Unusual urge to put iron back inside safe place
- Shelter whistle-blower, say, superior hauled up
- Shelter offering unpleasant warmth in place for wintering cattle?
- Asylum‘s official uniform for one that’s flipped
- Good for son inside to decline asylum
- Official replacing top of substantial shelter
- Deny receiving grand for time in resort
- Second in litter switched to far end of dog shelter
- One fleeing another country, last to leave resort
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The straight part
We know that "shelter" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case shelter = refuge.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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What does REFUGE mean?
REFUGE noun- A state of safety, protection or shelter.
- A place providing safety, protection or shelter.
- Something or someone turned to for safety or assistance; a recourse or resort.
- An expedient to secure protection or defence.
- A refuge island.
- To return to a place of shelter.
- To shelter; to protect.