The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word BOGEYS
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What does BOGEYS mean?
BOGEYS noun- One who robs others in a lawless area, especially as part of a group.
- An outlaw.
- One who cheats others.
- An enemy aircraft.
- A runner who covertly joins a race without having registered as a participant.
- An obnoxious, selfish and overbearing person; an attention hog.
- (often capitalized, usually with definite article) The Devil.
- A ghost, goblin, or other hostile supernatural creature.
- A bugbear: any terrifying thing.
- A standard of performance set up as a mark to be aimed at in competition.
- An unidentified aircraft, especially as observed as a spot on a radar screen and suspected to be hostile.
- A score of one over par on a hole.
- To make a bogey.
- A bog-standard (representative) specimen taken from the center of production.
- A swim or bathe; a bath.
- To swim; to bathe.
- One of two sets of wheels under a locomotive or railcar; the structure with axles and wheels under a locomotive, railcar, or semi.
- (Indian English, dated in UK) A railway carriage.
- A toy similar to a violin bow, consisting of a wooden stick with notches along one or more sides or edges to produce a rattly noise when stroked against a hard edge, eg, the lip of container.
- A piece of solid or semisolid mucus in or removed from a nostril.
- Something suggestive of this material.
- A thing; especially a problematic or difficult thing.
- (mildly derogatory) A bodyboarder.