The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word BETH
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More clues leading to the result BETH
- Girl having wager with husband
- Shortly perhaps, the queen is to live over the Northern Hotel?
- Woman‘s gamble on husband
- Representation of the B
- Little woman often seen following Eliza
- Component of alphabet
- Little woman to take gamble with husband
- Little woman, character taking second place
- Hebrew character right out of bed
- The second character is one of the little women
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The straight part
We know that "Shortly perhaps, the queen" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case shortly perhaps, the queen = beth.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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Crossword Answer definitions
BETH noun- The second letter of the Aramaic alphabet, 𐡁
- The second letter of the Hebrew alphabet, ב
- The second letter of the Syriac alphabet, ܒ