Cryptic crossword clue
Youngsters found skulking in local vestry … 6

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word CALVES

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What does CALVES mean?

CALVES noun
  1. A young cow or bull.
  2. Leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine, light-coloured leather used in bookbinding.
  3. A young deer, elephant, seal, whale or giraffe (also used of some other animals).
  4. A chunk of ice broken from a larger glacier, ice shelf, or iceberg.
  5. A small island, near a larger island.
  6. A cabless railroad engine.
  7. An awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a dolt.
CALVES noun
  1. The back of the leg below the knee.
  2. The muscle in the back of the leg below the knee.
CALVES verb
  1. To give birth to a calf
  2. To assist in a cow's giving birth to a calf
  3. To give birth to (a calf)
  4. (especially of an ice shelf, a glacier, an ice sheet, or even an iceberg) to shed a large piece, e.g. an iceberg or a smaller block of ice (coming off an iceberg)
  5. (especially of an iceberg) to break off
  6. (especially of an ice shelf, a glacier, an ice sheet, or even an iceberg) to shed (a large piece, e.g. an iceberg); to set loose (a mass of ice), e.g. a block of ice (coming off an iceberg)

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