The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SQUINT
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More clues leading to the result SQUINT
- Way to include member of large family in cast
- Someone having siblings put into street has you looking askance
- Visual defect, second one of five, with fifth in sight
- Oblique look from one with four siblings in 31
- Member of large family in the way gets a funny look
- One of five children in street seen in a glance
- Look obliquely at one of five in the street
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The straight part
We know that "cast" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case cast = squint.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does SQUINT mean?
SQUINT noun- An expression in which the eyes are partly closed.
- The look of eyes which are turned in different directions, as in strabismus.
- A quick or sideways glance.
- A short look.
- A hagioscope.
- (radio transmission) The angle by which the transmission signal is offset from the normal of a phased array antenna.
- To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight, or as a threatening expression.
- To look or glance sideways.
- To look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions; to suffer from strabismus.
- To have an indirect bearing, reference, or implication; to have an allusion to, or inclination towards, something.
- To be not quite straight, off-centred; to deviate from a true line; to run obliquely.
- To turn to an oblique position; to direct obliquely.
- Looking obliquely; having the vision distorted.
- Askew, not level