Cryptic crossword clue
A lot of split rubber beginning to thin and burn

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word RIVULET

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What does RIVULET mean?

RIVULET noun
  1. A small brook or stream; a streamlet.
  2. Perizoma affinitatum, a geometrid moth.

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