Cryptic crossword clue
To percolate, come change hands 5

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word LEACH

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The straight part
We know that "To percolate" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case to percolate = leach.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does LEACH mean?

LEACH noun
  1. A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.
  2. A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc.
  3. A jelly-like sweetmeat popular in the fifteenth century.
LEACH noun
  1. An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.
  2. A person who derives profit from others in a parasitic fashion.
  3. A glass tube designed for drawing blood from damaged tissue by means of a vacuum.
LEACH noun
  1. A physician.
  2. (Heathenry) A healer.
LEACH noun
  1. The vertical edge of a square sail.
  2. The aft edge of a triangular sail.
LEACH verb
  1. To purge a soluble matter out of something by the action of a percolating fluid.
  2. To part with soluble constituents by percolation.

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