The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word LEAFLET
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result LEAFLET
- Free ale left out little advertising!
- This might advertise / small bit of greenery
- Flier allowed to follow flea all over the place
- Flyer left out on grassland
- Page allowed to produce handbill
- Female in meadow allowed to produce brochure
- Tract of grassland left ploughed
- Performing flea meets obstruction
- Tract that appears in spring
- Grassland allowed to smother fine tract
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The straight part
We know that "Tract/that appears in sprin" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case tract/that appears in sprin = leaflet.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 LEAFLET mean?
LEAFLET noun- One of the components of a compound leaf.
- A small plant leaf.
- A small sheet of paper containing information, used for dissemination of said information, often an advertisement.
- A flap of a valve of a heart or blood vessel.
- To distribute leaflets to.
- To distribute leaflets.