The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word STREWN
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result STREWN
- Scattered right around in all directions?
- Mended coats tailor vacuously left here and there
- Turkish report leads in foreign news broadcast
- Far-flung island cut off in harsh winters
- Scattered around Turkey in all directions
- Tossed around odd bits of turf in all directions
- Wrens managed to eat the last bit of hazelnut spread
- Broadcast troubling news about Turkey
- Covered back-to-front trousers with top of nightie
- Scattered the resistance leaders in all directions …
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The straight part
We know that "spread" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case spread = strewn.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 STREWN mean?
STREWN verb- (archaic except strewn) To distribute objects or pieces of something over an area, especially in a random manner.
- (archaic except strewn) To cover, or lie upon, by having been scattered.
- To spread abroad; to disseminate.