The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word REDS
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More clues leading to the result REDS
- Balls first Reardon and then Selby hold — these, perhaps
- Wines made from the skins of ripe dates
- Republicans: ‘Commies!’
- Clarets, perhaps, or their Premiership rivals?
- Jacques Derrida served up wines for communists
- Two teams playing here – 100s miss the first half
- Half of acer turning copper, scarlet and vermilion?
- Police officer trails about Liverpool
- Russians have 15 on the table
- Regular friend is describing victors at 23
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "Two teams playing here" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case two teams playing here = reds.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 REDS mean?
REDS noun- Any of a range of colours having the longest wavelengths, 670 nm, of the visible spectrum; a primary additive colour for transmitted light: the colour obtained by subtracting green and blue from white light using magenta and yellow filters; the colour of blood, ripe strawberries, etc.
- A revolutionary socialist or (most commonly) a Communist; (usually capitalized) a Bolshevik, a supporter of the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War.
- One of the 15 red balls used in snooker, distinguished from the colours.
- Red wine.
- A redshank.
- An Amerind.
- The drug secobarbital; a capsule of this drug.
- A red light (a traffic signal)
- (beverages) red lemonade
- One of the three color charges for quarks.
- Chili con carne (usually in the phrase "bowl of red")
- The redfish or red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus, a fish with reddish fins and scales.