Cryptic crossword clue
Sticks and leaves covering rooftop 5

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word GORES

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The straight part
We know that "Sticks" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case sticks = gores.
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 GORES mean?

GORES verb
  1. (of an animal) To pierce with the horn.
  2. To pierce with anything pointed, such as a spear.
GORES noun
  1. A triangular piece of land where roads meet.
  2. A small piece of land left unincorporated due to competing surveys or a surveying error.
  3. The curved surface that lies between two close lines of longitude on a globe
  4. A triangular or rhomboid piece of fabric, especially one forming part of a three-dimensional surface such as a sail, skirt, hot-air balloon, etc.Wp
  5. An elastic gusset for providing a snug fit in a shoe.
  6. A projecting point.
  7. One of the abatements, made of two curved lines, meeting in an acute angle in the fesse point.
GORES verb
  1. To cut in a triangular form.
  2. To provide with a gore.

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