The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word NOWADAYS
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result NOWADAYS
- Votes against saving old pile of cash for the present
- No manners? That includes lawyer at present
- Certainly not around since the first Christmas, Santa’s first to give the present
- Currently no piles of cash, always being squeezed
- Negative methods receiving notice in these times
- It’s always found in first of acrosses and downs? Wrong this time!
- No pile of dosh, say dished out in the current times
- Currently away, dons in resort
- A day’s absconding wouldn’t make a meaningful difference, in these times
- Won over by commercial, say, that’s to be wrapped up in the present
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The straight part
We know that "in these times" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case in these times = nowadays.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.
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What does NOWADAYS mean?
NOWADAYS adverb- At the present time; in the current era.