The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word TWITCH
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result TWITCH
- Tic could be this regularly?
- Pluck / grass
- Go bird-watching with Macbeth’s sixth Weird Sister
- Jerky movement made by tense sorceress
- Small person going round with jerk
- Little movement from fool and companion
- Jerk missing part of morgage, bad speller
- Jerk taking ass to church
- Involuntary movement made by tense member of coven
- Short jerky motion of tense sorceress
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The straight part
We know that "jerk" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case jerk = twitch.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.
What does TWITCH mean?
TWITCH noun- Couch grass (Elymus repens; a species of grass, often considered as a weed)