The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word BOW
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More clues leading to the result BOW
- Greeting first parts of body of work
- Oscar bagged by monochrome film’s sex symbol
- Surrender weapon
- Head for East End district
- Knees apart, prayed for someone wise to intercede
- Asked to adopt bird with deformed limbs?
- Cricketer, only 50%, getting stick for playing
- Dip front of weapon
- With bended knees, pleaded giving sanctuary to bird
- Minicab owner found hidden source of vibration
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The straight part
We know that "Surrender" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case surrender = bow.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does BOW mean?
BOW noun- A weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows.
- A curved bend in a rod or planar surface, or in a linear formation such as a river (see oxbow).
- A rod with horsehair (or an artificial substitute) stretched between the ends, used for playing various stringed musical instruments.
- A stringed instrument (chordophone), consisting of a stick with a single taut cord stretched between the ends, most often played by plucking.
- A type of knot with two loops, used to tie together two cords such as shoelaces or apron strings, and frequently used as decoration, such as in gift-wrapping.
- Anything bent or curved, such as a rainbow.
- The U-shaped piece which goes around the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke.
- Either of the arms of a pair of spectacles, running from the side of the lens to behind the wearer's ear.
- Any instrument consisting of an elastic rod, with ends connected by a string, employed for giving reciprocating motion to a drill, or for preparing and arranging hair, fur, etc., used by hatters.
- A crude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking the sun's altitude at sea.
- (saddlery) Two pieces of wood which form the arched forward part of a saddletree.
- The part of a key that is not inserted into the lock and that is used to turn the key.
- To play music on (a stringed) instrument using a bow.
- To become bent or curved.
- To make something bend or curve.
- To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline.
- To premiere.
- A gesture, usually showing respect, made by inclining the head or bending forward at the waist; a reverence
- To bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference.
- To debut.
- To defer (to something).
- To give a direction, indication, or command to by bowing.
- The front of a boat or ship.
- The rower that sits in the seat closest to the bow of the boat.
- A firm branch of a tree.
- The gallows.