Cryptic crossword clue
Tidy wood 6

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

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What does SPRUCE mean?

SPRUCE noun
  1. Any of various large coniferous evergreen trees or shrubs from the genus Picea, found in northern temperate and boreal regions; originally and more fully spruce fir.
  2. The wood of a spruce.
  3. (used attributively) Made of the wood of the spruce.
  4. Prussian leather; pruce.
SPRUCE verb
  1. (usually with up) To arrange neatly; tidy up.
  2. (usually with up) To make oneself spruce (neat and elegant in appearance).
  3. To tease.
SPRUCE adjective
  1. Smart, trim, and elegant in appearance; fastidious (said of a person).

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