The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word MOORING
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More clues leading to the result MOORING
- Tying up last in litter, noise from animal houses
- Dolphin making low noise around end of breakwater
- Call on farm before group arrival
- What painter’s used for gold one little chap’s endlessly taken aback about
- Tying up medic needing oxygen on call
- Low toll for berth
- Low bit of chain making fast
- Low toll for facility in harbour
- Attaching to low loop
- Call from Jersey or Guernsey with phone, securing vessel
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The straight part
We know that "What painter’s used for" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case what painter’s used for = mooring.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 MOORING mean?
MOORING verb- To cast anchor or become fastened.
- To fix or secure (e.g. a vessel) in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with ropes, cables or chains or the like
- To secure or fix firmly.
- A place to moor a vessel.
- The act of securing a vessel with a cable or anchor etc.
- Something to which one adheres, or the means that helps one to maintain a stable position and keep one's identity - moral, intellectual, political, etc.