The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word LADDER
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result LADDER
- Feature of game linked primarily with snake?
- Run, don't walk beneath it!
- Set of steps made to scale?
- Left one building up steps
- Used to get high in long summer
- Run summer league at first
- Youngster looking flushed mounted steps
- Problem with stocking large computer
- Defect in hose used by firemen
- Peril ultimately with snake? Run!
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The straight part
We know that "Used to get high" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case used to get high = ladder.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does LADDER mean?
LADDER noun- A frame, usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, used for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened rungs (cross strips or rounds acting as steps).
- A series of stages by which one progresses to a better position.
- The hierarchy or ranking system within an organization, such as the corporate ladder.
- A length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment, especially in nylon stockings; a run.
- In the game of go, a sequence of moves following a zigzag pattern and ultimately leading to the capture of the attacked stones.
- To arrange or form into a shape of a ladder.
- To ascend (a building, a wall, etc.) using a ladder.
- Of a knitted garment: to develop a ladder as a result of a broken thread.