The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word PARA
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
P
A
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A
More clues leading to the result PARA
- Value normally expected with a soldier
- Soldier dropped in standard initially achieved
- Soldier's contribution to newspaper article?
- Serving man dropping in from Valparaiso
- A discussion about change seen in Istanbul
- In the middle, separate some lines
- Suitable head of state installed, showing punch
- Knock up a soldier
- Average American soldier
- Take part in sport in rocky safari park, far away
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The straight part
We know that "Soldier" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case soldier = para.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 PARA mean?
PARA noun- A former subunit of currency in several countries in the Ottoman/Turkish and Yugoslav regions.
- A woman who has had a certain number of pregnancies, indicated by the number prepended to this word.
- A passage in text that is about a different subject from the preceding text, marked by commencing on a new line, the first line sometimes being indented.
- A mark or note set in the margin to call attention to something in the text, such as a change of subject.
- An offset of 16 bytes in Intel memory architectures.
- A paratrooper.
- Very drunk
- Short for paraprofessional educator.