The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word LIVE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result LIVE
- Lodge in luxury college, cohab should ring
- Recant sin in front of audience
- Be against entering into falsehood
- Be sinful in retirement
- Survive with organ not right
- Story about Venezuela’s capital on right now
- Charged to have fun
- Edges away from Cromwell perhaps to escape death
- Be active
- Bad upset, as it happens
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The straight part
We know that "on right now" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case on right now = live.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 LIVE mean?
LIVE verb- To be alive; to have life.
- To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.
- To survive; to persevere; to continue.
- To cope.
- To pass life in a specified manner.
- To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually.
- To act habitually in conformity with; to practice; to exemplify in one's way of life.
- To outlast danger; to float (said of a ship, boat, etc).
- (followed by "on" or "upon") To maintain or support one's existence; to provide for oneself; to feed; to subsist.
- To make the most of life; to experience a full, rich life.
- Life
- (only used attributively) Having life; that is alive.
- Being in existence; actual
- Having active properties; being energized.
- Operational; in actual use rather than in testing etc.
- Taken from a living animal.
- Imparting power; having motion.
- Still in active play.
- Seen or heard from a broadcast, as it happens.
- (of a performance or speech) In person.
- (entertainment, performing) Recorded in front of an audience and not having been edited after recording.
- Of firearms or explosives, capable of causing harm.
- (circuitry) Electrically charged or energized, usually indicating that the item may cause electrocution if touched.
- Being a bet which can be raised by the bettor, usually in reference to a blind or straddle.
- Featuring humans; not animated, in the phrases “live actors” or “live action”.
- Being in a state of ignition; burning.
- Full of earnestness; active; wide awake; glowing.
- Vivid; bright.
- Of an event, as it happens; in real time; direct.
- Of making a performance or speech, in person.