The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word CURTSY
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result CURTSY
- Short words many ultimately used for formal greeting
- Woman’s greeting abrupt, extremely surly
- Short, extremely seemly gesture
- Short and extremely sexy movement made by a woman
- Bob’s dog gets testy regularly
- Girl’s greeting abrupt and outwardly surly
- Bob is short, and scarcely lacking heart
- Bob is brusque, say, in heartless way
- Blunt spy ditches Penny for Bob
- What she might do in front of Queen could make us cry with embarrassment, finally
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The straight part
We know that "What she might do in front of Queen" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case what she might do in front of queen = curtsy.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does CURTSY mean?
CURTSY noun- A small bow, generally performed by a woman or a girl, where she crosses one calf of her leg behind the other and briefly bends her knees and lowers her body in deference.
- To make a curtsey.