Cryptic crossword clue
Virile sort of chief, shunning public notice 2-3

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 2 letter word HE

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The straight part
We know that "Virile sort" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case virile sort = he.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does HE mean?

HE noun
  1. The game of tag, or it, in which the player attempting to catch the others is called "he".
  2. The player attempting to catch the others in this game.
  3. A male.
HE pronoun
  1. (personal) A male person or animal already known or implied.
  2. (personal, sometimes proscribed, see usage notes) A person whose gender is unknown or irrelevant.
  3. (personal) An animal whose gender is unknown.
  4. A genderless object regarded as masculine, such as certain stars (e.g. Sun, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter) or certain ships.
HE noun
  1. The name of the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
  2. The name of the first letter of the Old South Arabian abjad.
HE interjection
  1. (usually reduplicated) An expression of laughter.

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