The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word CEDE
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result CEDE
- Give up something to plant, reportedly
- Heard offspring give up
- Give up bird food, so to speak
- Hand over ear’s observed incorrectly?
- Relinquish saw erroneously picked up
- Month up and exhausted initially, give up
- Announcement of grain yield
- Told fancied player to give up
- Heard successors give up
- Top tennis player reportedly to give up
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The straight part
We know that "to give up" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case to give up = cede.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does CEDE mean?
CEDE verb- To give up; yield to another.
- To give way.