The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word BRUSH
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result BRUSH
- Sweeper‘s light touch
- Touch base at start
- Revise procedure for getting clean and tidy
- Refusal to acknowledge sweeper out of form
- Bowled, quickly try to escape dismissal
- Scarper after boy’s initial rejection
- This could sweep up pieces of 8
- Groom to hurry after bride initially
- Black — then hurry to get clean?
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The straight part
We know that "Touch/Touch" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case touch/touch = brush.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does BRUSH mean?
BRUSH noun- An implement consisting of multiple more or less flexible bristles or other filaments attached to a handle, used for any of various purposes including cleaning, painting, and arranging hair.
- The act of brushing something.
- A piece of conductive material, usually carbon, serving to maintain electrical contact between the stationary and rotating parts of a machine.
- A brush-like electrical discharge of sparks.
- Wild vegetation, generally larger than grass but smaller than trees.
- A short and sometimes occasional encounter or experience.
- The furry tail of an animal, especially of a fox.
- A tuft of hair on the mandibles.
- A short contest, or trial, of speed.
- An instrument, resembling a brush, used to produce a soft sound from drums or cymbals.
- An on-screen tool for "painting" a particular colour or texture.
- A set of defined design and parameters that produce drawn strokes of a certain texture and quality.
- In 3D video games, a convex polyhedron, especially one that defines structure of the play area.
- The floorperson of a poker room, usually in a casino.
- (North Wisconsin) Evergreen boughs, especially balsam, locally cut and baled for export, usually for use in making wreaths.
- To clean with a brush.
- To untangle or arrange with a brush.
- To apply with a brush.
- To remove with a sweeping motion.
- To touch with a sweeping motion, or lightly in passing.
- To clean one's teeth by brushing them.