Cryptic crossword clue
You can catch trout in it, or try 4

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word TEST

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The straight part
We know that "try" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case try = test.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does TEST mean?

TEST noun
  1. A challenge, trial.
  2. A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.
  3. (academia) An examination, given often during the academic term.
  4. A session in which a product or piece of equipment is examined under everyday or extreme conditions to evaluate its durability, etc.
  5. (normally “Test”) A Test match.
  6. The external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm, e.g. sand dollars and sea urchins.
  7. Testa; seed coat.
  8. Judgment; distinction; discrimination.
TEST verb
  1. To challenge.
  2. To refine (gold, silver, etc.) in a test or cupel; to subject to cupellation.
  3. To put to the proof; to prove the truth, genuineness, or quality of by experiment, or by some principle or standard; to try.
  4. (academics) To administer or assign an examination, often given during the academic term, to (somebody).
  5. To place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions and examine it for its durability, etc.
  6. To be shown to be by test.
  7. To examine or try, as by the use of some reagent.
TEST noun
  1. A witness.
TEST verb
  1. To attest (a document) legally, and date it.
  2. To make a testament, or will.
TEST noun
  1. (body building) testosterone

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