The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word TELEPATHY
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result TELEPATHY
- Means of communication Ethel and Pat developed before end of century
- Record in contrived tale your religious clairvoyance
- Henry gutted after upsetting 14 – great minds thinking alike?
- A meeting of minds
- With sixth sense they leap in dance across time
- A footballing legend’s time rejected by your nonsensical communication
- Thinking of making contact?
- Record in weird tale your old-fashioned psychic ability
- Desperate Dan escapes death penalty exercising power of the mind
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The straight part
We know that "sixth sense" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case sixth sense = telepathy.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.
What does TELEPATHY mean?
TELEPATHY noun- The capability to communicate directly by psychic means; the sympathetic affection of one mind by the thoughts, feelings, or emotions of another at a distance, without communication through the ordinary channels of sensation.