The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word HALO
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More clues leading to the result HALO
- Headlight, as it were, forming part of such a lorry
- Holy circle in church a lot
- Feature of faith, a lovely circle?
- Starts to hear about lad's onyx ring
- Some cherish a longing for a saint’s aura
- Ring from Lima leaving greeting
- Gleaming ring held inside worth a lot
- Film villain has nothing on corona
- Hot singer’s timeless gold disc
- Gloria‘s heartless greeting
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The straight part
We know that "a saint’s aura" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case a saint’s aura = halo.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.
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What does HALO mean?
HALO noun- A circular band of coloured light, visible around the sun or moon etc., caused by reflection and refraction of light by ice crystals in the atmosphere.
- A cloud of gas and other matter surrounding and captured by the gravitational field of a large diffuse astronomical object, such as a galaxy or cluster of galaxies.
- Anything resembling this band, such as an effect caused by imperfect developing of photographs.
- Nimbus, a luminous disc, often of gold, around or over the heads of saints, etc., in religious paintings.
- The metaphorical aura of glory, veneration or sentiment which surrounds an idealized entity.
- (iconography) a circular annulus ring, frequently luminous, often golden, floating above the head
- A circular brace used to keep the head and neck in position.
- A rollbar placed in front of the driver, used to protect the cockpit of a open cockpit racecar.
- To encircle with a halo.