The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word NEAT
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result NEAT
- Cattle without water
- Clean without water
- Ingenious fuel, replacing source of power with nitrogen
- Article caught like a fish? That's ingenious
- Interact regularly — that's efficient
- Well-turned-out ox, for example
- Northern gorge without water, say
- Pure ecstasy found in upended bronze
- Orderly volunteers nurse for retirement
- One athirst, somewhat, without water
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The straight part
We know that "nice" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case nice = neat.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does NEAT mean?
NEAT noun- An artificial intelligence researcher who believes that solutions should be elegant, clear and provably correct. Compare scruffy.
- Clean, tidy; free from dirt or impurities.
- Free from contaminants; unadulterated, undiluted. Particularly of liquor and cocktails; see usage below.
- Conditions with a liquid reagent or gas performed with no standard solvent or cosolvent.
- With all deductions or allowances made; net.
- Having a simple elegance or style; clean, trim, tidy, tasteful.
- Well-executed or delivered; clever, skillful, precise.
- Facile; missing complexity or details in the favor of convenience or simplicity.
- Good, excellent, desirable.
- A bull or cow.
- Cattle collectively.