Cryptic crossword clue
Sympathetic minister to make a proposal 6

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

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The straight part
We know that "Sympathetic/minister/proposal" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case sympathetic/minister/proposal = tender.
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What does TENDER mean?

TENDER noun
  1. Care, kind concern, regard.
  2. The inner flight muscle (pectoralis minor) of poultry.
TENDER adjective
  1. Sensitive or painful to the touch.
  2. Easily bruised or injured; not firm or hard; delicate.
  3. Physically weak; not able to endure hardship.
  4. (of food) Soft and easily chewed.
  5. Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained.
  6. Fond, loving, gentle, sweet.
  7. Young and inexperienced.
  8. Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic.
  9. Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate.
  10. Heeling over too easily when under sail; said of a vessel.
  11. Exciting kind concern; dear; precious.
  12. Careful to keep inviolate, or not to injure; used with of.
TENDER adverb
  1. Tenderly
TENDER verb
  1. To make tender or delicate; to weaken.
  2. To feel tenderly towards; to regard fondly or with consideration.
TENDER noun
  1. Someone who tends or waits on someone.
  2. A railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel and water.
  3. A naval ship that functions as a mobile base for other ships.
  4. A smaller boat used for transportation between a large ship and the shore.
TENDER verb
  1. To work on a tender.
TENDER noun
  1. Anything which is offered, proffered, put forth or bid with the expectation of a response, answer, or reply.
  2. A means of payment such as a check or cheque, cash or credit card.
  3. A formal offer to buy or sell something.
  4. Any offer or proposal made for acceptance.
TENDER verb
  1. To offer, to give.
  2. To offer a payment, as at sales or auctions.

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