The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 12 letter word NEVERTHELESS
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result NEVERTHELESS
- So it's always the more still?
- Still sorting out three sevens divided by fifty?
- After all, even shelters get vandalised
- Still revel excitedly about article seized by head
- Still, overturned stable roughly shelters
- There’s always more, apparently, to be seen going round the still
- Strangely, three sevens divided by 50 could be just the same
- Elves sent her out anyway
- Without adult moulded earthen vessel anyhow
- Her event unravelled, attracting fewer still
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The straight part
We know that "All the same" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case all the same = nevertheless.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 NEVERTHELESS mean?
NEVERTHELESS adverb- In spite of what preceded; yet.