The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word TRUANT
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More clues leading to the result TRUANT
- Player often out of form?
- Hope not to see son when taking in an errant schoolchild
- . Mostly loyal worker becomes absentee
- Vagrant once having to peddle round for all to see
- Absentee, not wholly faithful worker in colony
- Not quite loyal worker absent without justification
- Contracted loyal worker? Not this one
- Skipping school, tour USA
- Beat time welcoming Rugby School skipper
- One can’t play it at school
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The straight part
We know that "Vagrant" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case vagrant = truant.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does TRUANT mean?
TRUANT noun- One who is absent without permission, especially from school.
- To play truant.
- To idle away; to waste.
- To idle away time.
- Absent without permission, especially from school.
- Wandering from business or duty; straying; loitering; idle, and shirking duty.