The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word MODEST
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result MODEST
- Unassuming ways associated with leader of team
- Time to follow fashions avoiding indecency
- Simple poem in manuscript ending in basket
- Unpretentious metre: poem is on the way
- Small in two ways?
- Plain or flash coat for detective on street?
- Two ways to be demure
- Way, way humble
- Around the outskirts of Dundee, not all is quiet
- Humble poem breaks woman’s sympathetic heart
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The straight part
We know that "humble" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case humble = modest.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does MODEST mean?
MODEST adjective- Not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements; unpretentious, humble.
- Small, moderate in size.
- Pure and delicate from a sense of propriety.
- (especially of behaviour or clothing) Intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others.