The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word WEAVE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result WEAVE
- Meander is a feature of some rivers around east
- Texture of fabric you and I have spoken of
- Practice a craft, as setter and solvers have stated
- The Eye has reported spin
- Surge catching east wind
- Wind breaker covering end of shore
- Make material depiction of European in part of sea
- Wind you and I have commonly
- With vacation starting off, knit
- Wife’s the first lady to get a braid
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The straight part
We know that "Wind" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case wind = weave.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 WEAVE mean?
WEAVE noun- A type or way of weaving.
- Human or artificial hair worn to alter one's appearance, either to supplement or to cover the natural hair.
- To form something by passing lengths or strands of material over and under one another.
- To spin a cocoon or a web.
- To unite by close connection or intermixture.
- To compose creatively and intricately; to fabricate.
- To move by turning and twisting.
- To make (a path or way) by winding in and out or from side to side.