The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word MIDST
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result MIDST
- Thick fog that envelops delta
- Centre’s deserted in low cloud
- Thick fog covers centre of Reading
- Core component of racism I’d studied
- Poet’s surrounded by daughters in film
- Centre with C central to empty speaking?
- Thick? Way beyond stupid, on reflection!
- Spray that has daisy’s head in the centre
- Thick fog around daybreak
- Thick to be married? That's baseless
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The straight part
We know that "Thick" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case thick = midst.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 MIDST mean?
MIDST noun- A place in the middle of something; may be used of a literal or metaphorical location.
- Among, in the middle of; amid.