The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word DOCILE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result DOCILE
- Nonsense about backward-looking priest being submissive
- Married one leaves abode that's easy to manage
- Willing doctor to coax wife away
- Coiled around and submissive
- Easily managed party on Channel Islands with the French
- Treat cold that is easily kept under control
- Easy to control party and country, not hard
- Compliant priest, having returned to GP?
- Under the doctor, upset priest is easily managed
- Meek and mild medic joins revolutionary priest
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The straight part
We know that "easily managed" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case easily managed = docile.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does DOCILE mean?
DOCILE adjective- Ready to accept instruction or direction; obedient; subservient.
- Yielding to control or supervision, direction, or management.