The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word LATHER
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More clues leading to the result LATHER
- Female officer promoted to protect a state
- One causes cuts in circulation, with red top in panic
- Do not start gossip that causes agitation
- Bishop quits nonsense in a tizzy
- In due course catching hot fever
- Sweat slightly, changing hands at first
- Means to turn right in panic
- Agitation more recently around hospital
- Foam runs under machine
- Turner’s leading reprint — ‘Foam’
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What does LATHER mean?
LATHER noun- The foam made by rapidly stirring soap and water.
- Foam from profuse sweating, as of a horse.
- A state of agitation.
- To cover with lather.
- To beat or whip.
- To form lather or froth, as a horse does when profusely sweating.