The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word ESTATE
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More clues leading to the result ESTATE
- Property to develop? Not at first
- Country property in Virginia, say
- Land in European country
- Half-cut priest dined in grounds
- Car's condition in the old days
- English country houses
- Lands in bottom of hole, say
- Visiting Budapest, a terrific capital
- I'm off to appraise housing development
- Reckon writer’s lacking capital
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The straight part
We know that "capital" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case capital = estate.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does ESTATE mean?
ESTATE noun- The collective property and liabilities of someone, especially a deceased person.
- State; condition.
- Status, rank.
- The condition of one's fortunes; prosperity, possessions.
- A "person of estate"; a nobleman or noblewoman.
- A major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country and formerly possessing distinct political rights (Estates of the realm).
- The nature and extent of a person's interest in, or ownership of, land.
- An (especially extensive) area of land, under a single ownership.
- The landed property owned or controlled by a government or a department of government.
- (sometimes derogatory) A housing estate.
- A station wagon; a car with a tailgate (or liftgate) and storage space to the rear of the seating which is coterminous with the passenger compartment (and often extensible into that compartment via folding or removable seating).
- The state; the general body politic; the common-wealth; the general interest; state affairs.
- To give an estate to.
- To bestow upon.
- (jewelry) Previously owned; secondhand.