The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SAWYER
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result SAWYER
- A cutting sort, one speaking about wife
- Tom who gets his teeth into his work?
- Sweary vagrant in chippy?
- Woodman found fish in river? On the contrary
- Mark Twain’s creation involved war? Yes
- He delivers cutting remark about wife with hesitation
- Tom noticed you, as some might say
- Lawyer loses his head, taking third case for a literary character
- Timber expert was backing you
- Newswoman dated the old Republican
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The straight part
We know that "Tom" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case tom = sawyer.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 SAWYER mean?
SAWYER noun- One who saws timber, especially in a sawpit.
- A large trunk of a tree brought down by the force of a river's current
- A beetle, mostly in the genus Monochamus, that lives and feeds on trees, including timber.
- The bowfin.