The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 2 plus 1 plus 1 letter word TO A T
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
T
O
A
T
More clues leading to the result TO A T
- Weaselly creature losing head? Exactly!
- Ideally miss the middle parts of Top Hat
- Child holding adult perfectly
- Child framing answer perfectly
- Adult feeding toddler perfectly
- Precisely where a driver is heading, say
- Perfectly brown bread, not sliced at first
- Young child handling adult perfectly!
- Small mammal not initially seen? Exactly!
- Precisely where grass is put here?
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "Exactly" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case exactly = to a t.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.