Cryptic crossword clue
A new leaf — if it becomes a branch 9

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word AFFILIATE

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What does AFFILIATE mean?

AFFILIATE noun
  1. Someone or something, especially, a television station, that is associated with a larger, related organization, such as a television network; a member of a group of associated things.
AFFILIATE verb
  1. To adopt; to receive into a family as one's offspring
  2. To bring or receive into close connection; to ally.
  3. (said of an illegitimate child) To fix the paternity of
  4. To connect in the way of descent; to trace origin to.
  5. (followed by "to" or "with") To attach (to) or unite (with); to receive into a society as a member, and initiate into its mysteries, plans, etc.

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