Cryptic crossword clue
Set up barrier for illicit trader 5

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word FENCE

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The straight part
We know that "Set up barrier/illicit trader" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case set up barrier/illicit trader = fence.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does FENCE mean?

FENCE noun
  1. A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or a house perimeter.
  2. Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods.
  3. Skill in oral debate.
  4. The art or practice of fencing.
  5. A guard or guide on machinery.
  6. A barrier, for example an emotional barrier.
  7. A memory barrier.
FENCE verb
  1. To enclose, contain or separate by building fence.
  2. To defend or guard.
  3. To engage in the selling or buying of stolen goods.
  4. To engage in the sport of fencing.
  5. To jump over a fence.
  6. To conceal the truth by giving equivocal answers; to hedge; to be evasive.

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