The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SMELL
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More clues leading to the result SMELL
- Sense deception when Frenchmen comes in
- Hum a few lines, omitting start of oratorio
- Flog without mercy, initially causing stink
- Spy chief taken in by deception, in a sense
- Get wind of deception involving money
- See 24a
- Ultimately, one putting on three increasingly larger sizes before “Large” makes sense
- Comprehend that a business segment has to take large loans first
- Hum original piece of Mahler in market
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The straight part
We know that "sense" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case sense = smell.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does SMELL mean?
SMELL noun- A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals, water) carrying airborne molecules of a substance.
- The sense that detects odours.
- A conclusion or intuition that a situation is wrong, more complex than it seems, or otherwise inappropriate.
- To sense a smell or smells.
- Followed by like or of if descriptive: to have a particular smell, whether good or bad.
- (without a modifier) To smell bad; to stink.
- To have a particular tincture or smack of any quality; to savour.
- To exercise sagacity.
- To detect or perceive; often with out.
- To give heed to.