The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word EXPOSITION
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More clues leading to the result EXPOSITION
- Account for where something used to be
- Old job description
- Display attitude that’s no longer relevant?
- Trade fair’s former location
- Former site of a trade fair
- Show what one used to do for work?
- Show to be out of job
- Display ground outside, at the front
- Show‘s former location
- Stance against old hubby leaving child abandoned
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "Account" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case account = exposition.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 EXPOSITION mean?
EXPOSITION noun- The action of exposing something to something, such as skin to the sunlight.
- (authorship) The act or process of declaring or describing something through either speech or writing; the portions and aspects of a piece of writing that exist mainly to describe the setting, characters and other non-plot elements.
- The act of expulsion, or being expelled, from a place.
- An event at which goods, artwork and cultural displays are exhibited for the public to view.
- (authorship) An essay or speech in which any topic is discussed in detail.
- (authorship) An opening section in fiction, in which background information about the characters, events or setting is conveyed.
- The opening section of a fugue; the opening section of a movement in sonata form
- The abandonment of an unwanted child.
- The action of putting something out to public view; for example in a display or show.