The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word BERYL
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More clues leading to the result BERYL
- Bachelor, one requiring pluck when looking up girl
- Bachelor with melodious instrument tipped to get the girl
- Precious stone in course of robbery lost
- Robbery leader fences gem
- Bass instrument over a stone
- Gemstone, part of robbery loot
- Woman rising in orderly rebellion
- A gem of a girl?
- Stand on railway line to see stone
- Some surly rebuff about magic stone?
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The straight part
We know that "Woman" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case woman = beryl.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 BERYL mean?
BERYL noun- A mineral of pegmatite deposits, often used as a gemstone.
- An example (a stone) of the mineral beryl.
- A dull blueish green colour.
- Of a dull bluish green colour.