The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word nan
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More clues leading to the result D
- ACROSS: GET CROSS, around A.
- - EP + ER+ DUE
- IT: PI [the mathematical constant] “punctures” HOT.
- “Yes, yes” say the Russians, “It’s awful – shocking artist!”
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- I think this is just a cryptic definition, with the PO in the centre just serving to say how to spell it: with a -PO- rather than a -PPER-.
- Peter Stuyvesant served as the last Dutch director-general of the colony of New Netherland from 1647 until it was ceded provisionally to the English in 1664. The second American clue.
- - hidden &littishly in {assassi}N IN JA{pan}, and becoming something of a chestnut!
- Quite cute. The lucky creature is a BLACK CAT, take out the Land add elsewhere the H
- Fleming who composed and rejected last letter, drinking half of strong coffee
Buddy explains!

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What does nan mean?
nan noun- A mother of someone's parent.
- A female ancestor or progenitor.
- A girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden.
- A female servant or cleaner (short for maidservant).
- A virgin, now female but originally one of either gender.
- An effeminate man, especially a homosexual.
- A woman or girl employed to care for children
- A type of round, flat bread baked in a tandoor popular in South and Central Asian cuisine.