Cryptic crossword clue
Split in criticism primarily over dénouement of novel 6

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word CLOVEN

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What does CLOVEN mean?

CLOVEN verb
  1. To split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument.
  2. To break a single crystal (such as a gemstone or semiconductor wafer) along one of its more symmetrical crystallographic planes (often by impact), forming facets on the resulting pieces.
  3. To make or accomplish by or as if by cutting.
  4. To split (a complex molecule) into simpler molecules.
  5. To split.
  6. Of a crystal, to split along a natural plane of division.
CLOVEN adjective
  1. Split, sundered, or divided.

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