The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word PEDAL
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result PEDAL
- Dirge, primarily, in Ring Cycle
- Reported deal in work with press from Oxford?
- Perhaps clutch ring worn by daughter
- What sounds like deal? One may be pressed to make progress
- For instance, clutch ring inlaid with diamonds
- A lever to push, by the sound of it
- Daughter impressed by Ring Cycle?
- Told to sell bicycle
- Clutch, for example, ring inlaid with diamonds
- Ring around last quarter of yard — this under a foot?
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The straight part
We know that "One may be pressed to make progress" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case one may be pressed to make progress = pedal.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does PEDAL mean?
PEDAL noun- A lever operated by one's foot that is used to control or power a machine or mechanism, such as a bicycle or piano
- A foot or footlike part.
- An effects unit, especially one designed to be activated by being stepped on.
- (equestrian) A stirrup.
- The ranks of pipes played from the pedal-board of an organ.
- To operate a pedal attached to a wheel in a continuous circular motion.
- To operate a bicycle.
- Of or relating to the foot.