Cryptic crossword clue
There’s no such word, some say – it’s slang 4

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word CANT

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The straight part

We know that "slang" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case slang = cant.

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 CANT mean?

1. An argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup.
2. A private or secret language used by a religious sect, gang, or other group.
3. A language spoken by some Irish Travellers; Shelta.
4. Empty, hypocritical talk.
5. Whining speech, such as that used by beggars.
6. A blazon of a coat of arms that makes a pun upon the name (or, less often, some attribute or function) of the bearer, canting arms.
7. A call for bidders at a public fair; an auction.

1. To speak with the jargon of a class or subgroup.
2. To speak in set phrases.
3. To preach in a singsong fashion, especially in a false or empty manner.
4. Of a blazon, to make a pun that references the bearer of a coat of arms.
5. To sell by auction, or bid at an auction.

1. Side, edge, corner, niche.
2. Slope, the angle at which something is set.
3. A corner (of a building).
4. An outer or external angle.
5. An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a tilt.
6. A movement or throw that overturns something.
7. A sudden thrust, push, kick, or other impulse, producing a bias or change of direction; also, the bias or turn so given.
8. (coopering) A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask.
9. A segment of the rim of a wooden cogwheel.
10. A piece of wood laid upon the deck of a vessel to support the bulkheads.

1. To set (something) at an angle.
2. To give a sudden turn or new direction to.
3. To bevel an edge or corner.
4. To overturn so that the contents are emptied.

1. A parcel, a division.

1. To divide or parcel out.

1. Lively, lusty.

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