Common word (3)
'common word' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for the that I've seen before include "Base of ever-expanding nursery rhyme" , "Over - - moon" , "Article is quite definite" , "and 24 Down: Similar things" , "15, 16 One given taste of own medicine" .)
(Other definitions for but that I've seen before include "Only in attribution" , "Conjunction meaningn on the other hand" , "Only; apart from" , "However" , "On the contrary" .)
'common word' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for and that I've seen before include "it needs wholly positive input for positive result" , "Together with" , "It connects words, clauses or sentences" , "moreover" , "Joiner or dandies" .)