The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word PLUGS
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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What does PLUGS mean?
PLUGS noun- A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one.
- Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole.
- A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco.
- A high, tapering silk hat.
- A worthless horse.
- Any worn-out or useless article.
- A block of wood let into a wall to afford a hold for nails.
- A mention of a product (usually a book, film or play) in an interview, or an interview which features one or more of these.
- A body of once molten rock that hardened in a volcanic vent. Usually round or oval in shape.
- A type of lure consisting of a rigid, buoyant or semi-buoyant body and one or more hooks.
- A small seedling grown in a tray from expanded polystyrene or polythene filled usually with a peat or compost substrate.
- (jewellery) A short cylindrical piece of jewellery commonly worn in larger-gauge body piercings, especially in the ear.
- A drug dealer.
- A branch from a water-pipe to supply a hose.
- To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.
- To blatantly mention a particular product or service as if advertising it.
- To persist or continue with something.
- To shoot a bullet into something with a gun.
- To have sex with, penetrate sexually.