The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word TENDON
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More clues leading to the result TENDON
- Working on care for muscle attachment
- Daughter brought in particular saw for part of joint
- Fibrous tissue beginning to decay in joint
- Projection about duke that’s close to the bone
- Don’t stop nursing what athlete’s overstretched?
- Figure on academic as part of body
- Nurse working to get sheet of tissue
- Joint blocked by dead tissue
- Sinew died in part of joint
- What can be pulled in body making fellow number at first
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The straight part
We know that "muscle attachment" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case muscle attachment = tendon.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 TENDON mean?
TENDON noun- A tough band of inelastic fibrous tissue that connects a muscle with its bony attachment.
- A wire or bar used to strengthen prestressed concrete.