The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word STRAY
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More clues leading to the result STRAY
- Go wandering and find accommodation across river
- Wander in street with just a bit of light
- Homeless dog revealed by street light
- Err, but remain outside right
- Right to block postponement? Get lost
- Keep protecting Republican? Get lost!
- Casual visit around centre of Liverpool
- Abandoned skate at end of street
- Casual waitress’s last meal delivery?
- Veer, remain right inside
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What does STRAY mean?
STRAY noun- Any domestic animal that has no enclosure, or its proper place and company, and wanders at large, or is lost; an estray.
- One who is lost, either literally or metaphorically.
- The act of wandering or going astray.
- An area of common land or place administered for the use of general domestic animals, i.e. "the stray"
- To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way.
- To wander from one's limits; to rove or roam at large; to go astray.
- To wander from the path of duty or rectitude; to err.
- To cause to stray.
- Having gone astray; strayed; wandering
- In the wrong place; misplaced.