The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word ORALLY
I've seen this crossword clue in The Sunday Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result ORALLY
- Love to gather together by word of mouth
- By mouth of river, initially meets friend
- Get well following nil by mouth
- Love to head the fight-back by word of mouth
- As medicine taken, zero needing to get better
- Surprise expressed to mass meeting in words
- Speaking role finally censored from ‘Love Actually’
- Ordinary gathering using speech
- Zero get better: how might medicine be taken?
- Second of four series of shots down the throat
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The straight part
We know that "how might medicine be taken?" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case how might medicine be taken? = orally.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does ORALLY mean?
ORALLY adverb- By mouth.
- Spoken as opposed to written.