The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word DOUBT
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result DOUBT
- Uncertainty makes engineers abandon temporary fortification
- Suspect Democrat known to have pocketed billions
- Question decision of union boss trusting leaders
- Question the Parisian leaving Elizabethan jacket
- Act recklessly but be sceptical
- Cheat, only to have university raising question
- Reason to give benefit that certain people don’t have
- One is not convinced to give its benefit
- One will have none of it, to be sure
- Distrust inflexible communications company ignoring resistance
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The straight part
We know that "Suspect" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case suspect = doubt.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does DOUBT mean?
DOUBT noun- Disbelief or uncertainty (about something); a particular instance of such disbelief or uncertainty.
- A point of uncertainty; a query.
- To be undecided about; to lack confidence in; to disbelieve, to question.
- To harbour suspicion about; suspect.
- To anticipate with dread or fear; to apprehend.
- To fill with fear; to affright.
- To dread, to fear.