Cryptic crossword clue
Warm start aids pups 6

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word WHELPS

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What does WHELPS mean?

WHELPS noun
  1. A young offspring of a canid (ursid, felid, pinniped), especially of a dog or a wolf, the young of a bear or similar mammal (lion, tiger, seal); a pup, wolf cub.
  2. An insolent youth; a mere child.
  3. A kind of ship.
  4. One of several wooden strips to prevent wear on a windlass on a clipper-era ship.
  5. A tooth on a sprocket wheel (compare sprocket and cog).
WHELPS verb
  1. (of she-dog, she-wolf, vixen, etc.) To give birth.

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