The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 plus 2 letter word LATER ON
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More clues leading to the result LATER ON
- Subsequently learn to abroad
- Subsequently becoming essential to ignore tales from the east
- Afterwards, city heavyweight welcomes queen
- Learn to play tomorrow or the next day?
- After one has gone, relation devastated in the future
- Looking retrospectively, some ignore talent in the future
- Subsequently seen as not real, phoney
- Down the road with former President Reagan
- After losing openers, Slater ton in due course
- After a while, Liberal dined with Howard in Hollywood
Buddy explains!

The straight part
We know that "After a while" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case after a while = later on.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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