The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SCYTHE
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More clues leading to the result SCYTHE
- Reaper, gutless: sarcastic, yet handsome
- Something used to cut chesty heaving
- Wielding this could make you chesty
- Small extremely clumsy article one's used for cutting
- . Special case to carry the blade
- It’s useful for hacking, chesty spasms
- Wielding it could make you chesty
- Farmer’s tool chest broken with donkey’s foot
- Means to make sweeping cuts: that is conclusion of incendiary article
- Small article cut by edges of curvy tool
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The straight part
We know that "Something used to cut" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case something used to cut = scythe.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does SCYTHE mean?
SCYTHE noun- An instrument for mowing grass, grain, etc. by hand, composed of a long, curving blade with a sharp concave edge, fastened to a long handle called a snath.
- A scythe-shaped blade attached to ancient war chariots.
- The tenth Lenormand card.
- To use a scythe.
- To cut with a scythe.
- To cut off as with a scythe; to mow.
- To attack or injure as if cutting.