The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word BEEFY
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result BEEFY
- Muscular worker perhaps content to abandon family
- Strong worker’s extremely friendly
- Muscular old Turkish governor keeping keys
- Big and strong by keeping money back?
- Strong as an ox?
- Stocky social worker’s extremely friendly
- Two insects, not large but strongly built
- Muscular like some bully?
- Busy person and gutless fatty like steak
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The straight part
We know that "Strong/as an ox?" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case strong/as an ox? = beefy.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 BEEFY mean?
BEEFY adjective- Similar to, or tasting like beef.
- Containing beef.
- Strong or muscular.
- Sturdy; robust.