The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word MUTE
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More clues leading to the result MUTE
- Silent Greek character outside of Thule
- Silent writer outside extremely upset
- Mounties oddly silent
- Dumb letter to Greece by Lawrence
- Silencer Mike put on Victorian pick-up
- Mounties regularly struck dumb
- Silence as change? No thanks!
- Silent character with terrible clothes
- Silent figure among commuters
- Silent Greek character, note
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The straight part
We know that "Silent" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case silent = mute.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does MUTE mean?
MUTE noun- A stopped consonant; a stop.
- An actor who does not speak; a mime performer.
- A person who does not have the power of speech.
- A hired mourner at a funeral; an undertaker's assistant.
- An object for dulling the sound of an instrument, especially a brass instrument, or damper for pianoforte; a sordine.
- An electronic switch or control that mutes the sound.
- A mute swan.
- To silence, to make quiet.
- To turn off the sound of.
- Not having the power of speech; dumb.
- Silent; not making a sound.
- Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; said of certain letters.
- Not giving a ringing sound when struck; said of a metal.
- The faeces of a hawk or falcon.
- Of a bird: to defecate.
- To cast off; to moult.