Cryptic crossword clue
What sounds for the number of dead? 4

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word TOLL

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The straight part
We know that "What sounds/number of dead" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case what sounds/number of dead = toll.
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 TOLL mean?

TOLL noun
  1. Loss or damage incurred through a disaster.
  2. A fee paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or for that of vending goods in a fair, market, etc.
  3. A fee for using any kind of material processing service.
  4. A tollbooth.
  5. A liberty to buy and sell within the bounds of a manor.
  6. A portion of grain taken by a miller as a compensation for grinding.
TOLL verb
  1. To impose a fee for the use of.
  2. To levy a toll on (someone or something).
  3. To take as a toll.
  4. To pay a toll or tallage.
TOLL noun
  1. The act or sound of tolling
TOLL verb
  1. To ring (a bell) slowly and repeatedly.
  2. To summon by ringing a bell.
  3. To announce by tolling.
TOLL verb
  1. To draw; pull; tug; drag.
  2. To tear in pieces.
  3. To draw; entice; invite; allure.
  4. To lure with bait; tole (especially, fish and animals).
TOLL verb
  1. To take away; to vacate; to annul.
  2. To suspend.

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