The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word SIGNALS
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More clues leading to the result SIGNALS
- Communications jargon is making a comeback
- Cracked glass in making marks
- Indicates informal speech is being written up
- Breaking glass in indicators
- Without speaking, communicates: ‘Exceptional spades’
- Note about informal expressions yields clues
- Pips align properly within seconds
- Jargon is about messages
- Adjusted glass in apparatus for transmitting information
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The straight part
We know that "apparatus for transmitting/information" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case apparatus for transmitting/information = signals.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 SIGNALS mean?
SIGNALS noun- A sequence of states representing an encoded message in a communication channel.
- Any variation of a quantity or change in an entity over time that conveys information upon detection.
- A sign made to give notice of some occurrence, command, or danger, or to indicate the start of a concerted action.
- An on-off light, semaphore, or other device used to give an indication to another person.
- (of a radio, TV, telephone, internet, etc.) An electromagnetic action, normally a voltage that is a function of time, that conveys the information of the radio or TV program or of communication with another party.
- An action, change or process done to convey information and thus reduce uncertainty.
- A token; an indication; a foreshadowing; a sign.
- Useful information, as opposed to noise.
- A simple interprocess communication used to notify a process or thread of an occurrence.
- A signalling interaction between cells
- To indicate; to convey or communicate by a signal.
- To communicate with (a person or system) by a signal.