The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 plus 3 letter word COPING SAW
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More clues leading to the result COPING SAW
- Wife, under arrest in Grammar School, with a sharp object
- After dealing, saying one is meant to cut
- Something sharp in toothed device spotted - like this?
- Surviving a lot of wash capsizing cutter
- Understood after holding one’s own tool
- Maxim for holding one’s own hand tool?
- Item in the manager’s toolbox?
- Tool grasped under peg in wheel
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The straight part
We know that "like this" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case like this = coping saw.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.