The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 2 plus 3 plus 3 letter word IN THE RAW
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result IN THE RAW
- Wear thin, possibly becoming bare
- Where top artists seek inclusion with nude?
- Wear thin pants, exposing one’s private parts
- Undressed hair went wild
- Naked female encased in fashionable marble
- Made of choice marble, capturing that woman, naked
- Naked or wear thin to reveal
- Nightwear's no good, fancy being naked
- Paint her awesome attributes in nude
- Win heart cavorting naked?
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "nude?" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case nude? = in the raw.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.