The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word VESTAL
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result VESTAL
- Chaste woman loves talking, putting lots off
- Chaste person of virtue tucking into meat
- Immaculate striker joins Arsenal finally
- Underwear model’s bottom is round; a goddess-like quality!
- Pure way to cut meat
- Sister loves talent shows
- Underwear on a large nun of a certain sort
- Pure meat embodying Atkins Diet, both may conclude
- Meat has trapped holy virgin
- Virgin saint eaten by calf
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The straight part
We know that "Virgin" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case virgin = vestal.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does VESTAL mean?
VESTAL noun- A virgin consecrated to Vesta, and to the service of watching the sacred fire, which was to be perpetually kept burning upon her altar; a vestal virgin.
- A female virgin; a woman who has never had sexual relations.
- A nun.
- Of or pertaining to Vesta, the virgin goddess of the hearth.
- Pure; chaste.