The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word FLEECE
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More clues leading to the result FLEECE
- Garment to take to the cleaners
- Run off with Civil Engineer's warm coat
- Woollen coat to take to the cleaners
- Do leave church
- Screw: one's sheared off
- Run from church in warm coat
- Woollen coat to take to the cleaners
- Rob‘s cut and run before church
- Run! Carnivore’s outside in sheep’s clothing
- Shearer after this cheat
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The straight part
We know that "woolly coat" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case woolly coat = fleece.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 FLEECE mean?
FLEECE noun- Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal
- Insulating skin with the wool attached
- A textile similar to velvet, but with a longer pile that gives it a softness and a higher sheen.
- An insulating wooly jacket
- (roofing) Mat or felts composed of fibers, sometimes used as a membrane backer.
- Any soft woolly covering resembling a fleece.
- The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knife from the cylinder of a carding machine.
- To con or trick (someone) out of money.
- To shear the fleece from (a sheep or other animal).
- To cover with, or as if with, wool.