Cryptic crossword clue
Tray not right for cream 5

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

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What does SALVE mean?

SALVE noun
  1. An ointment, cream, or balm with soothing, healing, or calming effects.
  2. Any remedy or action that soothes or heals.
SALVE verb
  1. To calm or assuage.
  2. To heal by applications or medicaments; to apply salve to; to anoint.
  3. To heal; to remedy; to cure; to make good.
  4. To salvage.
SALVE verb
  1. To save (the appearances or the phenomena); to explain (a celestial phenomenon); to account for (the apparent motions of the celestial bodies).
  2. To resolve (a difficulty); to refute (an objection); to harmonize (an apparent contradiction).
  3. To explain away; to mitigate; to excuse.
SALVE interjection
  1. Hail; a greeting.
SALVE verb
  1. To say “salve” to; to greet; to salute.

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