The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word TARZAN
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More clues leading to the result TARZAN
- Seaman, mostly crazy, legendary strong man
- Movie star, zany – sides splitting
- Viscount Greystoke spotted in Gibraltar and Zanzibar
- Jane’s swinging partner?
- Uncivilised person taking salt with nuts mostly
- Jungle inhabitant‘s extremities seen over in lake
- Comic-book hero knocking over short fascist vermin
- Rant wildly about South Africa’s feral child brought up by apes
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The straight part
We know that "Viscount Greystoke" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case viscount greystoke = tarzan.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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