Quadruple the score (6)
I believe the answer is:
eighty
This clue could be a double definition.
'quadruple' is the first definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?
'score' is the second definition.
(I have seen 'Several score' mean 'eighty' so perhaps 'score' could also mean 'eighty')
'the' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for eighty that I've seen before include "LXXX" , "'Nineteen -- Four' (novel)" , "XXC" , "Cardinal" , "Around the World in - Days (Verne)" .)