Cryptic crossword clue
What you have here, we hear, is for hanging a hammock 4

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

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The straight part
We know that "for hanging a hammock" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case for hanging a hammock = clew.
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 CLEW mean?

CLEW noun
  1. A roughly spherical mass or body.
  2. A ball of thread or yarn.
  3. Yarn or thread as used to guide one's way through a maze or labyrinth; a guide, a clue.
  4. The lower corner(s) of a sail to which a sheet is attached for trimming the sail (adjusting its position relative to the wind); the metal loop or cringle in the corner of the sail, to which the sheet is attached. (on a triangular sail) The trailing corner relative to the wind direction.
  5. (in the plural) The sheets so attached to a sail.
  6. (in the plural) The cords suspending a hammock.
CLEW verb
  1. To roll into a ball
  2. (transitive and intransitive) to raise the lower corner(s) of (a sail)
CLEW noun
  1. A strand of yarn etc. as used to guide one through a labyrinth; something which points the way, a guide.
  2. Information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion.
  3. An object or a kind of indication which may be used as evidence.
  4. Insight or understanding ("to have a clue [about]" or "to have clue". See have a clue, clue stick)

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