Cryptic crossword clue
19 16, 5 across 12, 1 down 24 and 2 23, loosely speaking? 10

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word VEGETABLES

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What does VEGETABLES mean?

VEGETABLES noun
  1. Any plant.
  2. A plant raised for some edible part of it, such as the leaves, roots, fruit or flowers, but excluding any plant considered to be a fruit, grain, herb, or spice in the culinary sense.
  3. The edible part of such a plant.
  4. A person whose brain (or, infrequently, body) has been damaged so that they cannot interact with the surrounding environment; a person in a persistent vegetative state.

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