The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word CLOUT
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More clues leading to the result CLOUT
- Lay one on authority
- Influence of Tory boor
- Look inside to switch off power
- Regularly call on us to 26
- Demand to ban chlorine apparently will have impact
- Yobbo under cocaine’s influence
- Thump Conservative oaf
- Influence clubs over ill-mannered person
- Influence from chlorine revealed
- Look into TUC backing strike
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The straight part
We know that "influence" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case influence = clout.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does CLOUT mean?
CLOUT noun- Influence or effectiveness, especially political.
- A blow with the hand.
- A home run.
- The center of the butt at which archers shoot; probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head.
- A swaddling cloth.
- A cloth; a piece of cloth or leather; a patch; a rag.
- An iron plate on an axletree or other wood to keep it from wearing; a washer.
- A piece; a fragment.
- To hit, especially with the fist.
- To cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to bandage, patch, or mend with a clout.
- To stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole.
- To guard with an iron plate, as an axletree.
- To join or patch clumsily.
- To form a clot or mass.
- To cause to clot or form into a mass.