The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ALLEY
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result ALLEY
- Before work, walk over high pass
- In need of opening, kitchen passage
- Passage offered by old ship not good
- Friend embraces European way
- Shout about following a passage
- One has to shout about bowling lane
- Marble passageway
- It’s certainly bordered by lines? Yes, or the other way round
- Marble passageway
- Path to hollow victory snatched away
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The straight part
We know that "Walk" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case walk = alley.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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What does ALLEY mean?
ALLEY noun- A narrow street or passageway, especially one through the middle of a block giving access to the rear of lots or buildings.
- The area between the outfielders.
- An establishment where bowling is played.
- An elongated wooden strip of floor along which a bowling ball is rolled.
- The extra area between the sidelines or tramlines on a tennis court that is used for doubles matches.
- A walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes.
- A passageway between rows of pews in a church.
- (perspective drawing) Any passage having the entrance represented as wider than the exit, so as to give the appearance of length.
- The space between two rows of compositors' stands in a printing office.
- A glass marble or taw.