The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word CALLUS
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More clues leading to the result CALLUS
- Phone America for something to help broken bones
- Hard skin? Please get in touch
- Thick skin of cold, retired Roman general
- This thick-skinned? Give us a ring
- Skin problem? We’d like to hear from you
- “A tough patch“, might The Samaritans say?
- It’s hard to contact the States
- Speaker's insensitive to the bony tissue
- A skin problem? We’d like you to get in touch
- Bit of a thick skin that’s required to contact the Guardian?
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The straight part
We know that "Skin problem" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case skin problem = callus.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does CALLUS mean?
CALLUS noun- A hardened area of the skin (especially on the foot or hand) caused by repeated friction, wear or use.
- The material of repair in fractures of bone; a substance exuded at the site of fracture, which is at first soft or cartilaginous in consistency, but is ultimately converted into true bone and unites the fragments into a single piece.
- The new formation over the end of a cutting, before it puts out rootlets.
- A shining area on the frons of many species of Tabanomorpha (horse flies and relatives).
- To form such hardened tissue.