Cryptic crossword clue
Sun puts up with 26s 6

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

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The straight part
We know that "26s" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case 26s = slumps.
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What does SLUMPS mean?

SLUMPS noun
  1. A heavy or helpless collapse; a slouching or drooping posture; a period of poor activity or performance, especially an extended period.
  2. A measure of the fluidity of freshly mixed concrete, based on how much the concrete formed in a standard slump cone sags when the cone is removed.
  3. A boggy place.
  4. The noise made by anything falling into a hole, or into a soft, miry place.
  5. The gross amount; the mass; the lump.
SLUMPS verb
  1. To collapse heavily or helplessly.
  2. To decline or fall off in activity or performance.
  3. To slouch or droop.
  4. To lump; to throw together messily.
  5. To fall or sink suddenly through or in, when walking on a surface, as on thawing snow or ice, a bog, etc.
  6. (slang) To cause to collapse; to hit hard; to render unsconscious; to kill.

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