The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word STILL
I've seen this crossword clue in Independent
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More clues leading to the result STILL
- Quiet store's opening place for cash deposits
- Whiskey producer's equipment is quiet
- Spades work on the land in silence
- Not moving yet
- No wind yet
- Calm needed to make whisky, in 23
- Not sparkling yet
- A place to make liquor, not bubbly
- Always drink heartily if wife leaves for model-type
- First to sell plough, for all that
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The straight part
We know that "Always" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case always = still.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does STILL mean?
STILL noun- A period of calm or silence.
- A photograph, as opposed to movie footage.
- A resident of the Falkland Islands.
- A steep hill or ascent.
- Not moving; calm.
- Not effervescing; not sparkling.
- Uttering no sound; silent.
- Having the same stated quality continuously from a past time
- Comparatively quiet or silent; soft; gentle; low.
- Constant; continual.
- Without motion.
- (aspect) Up to a time, as in the preceding time.
- (degree) To an even greater degree. Used to modify comparative adjectives or adverbs.
- Nevertheless.
- Always; invariably; constantly; continuously.
- (extensive) Even, yet.
- A device for distilling liquids.
- (catering) a large water boiler used to make tea and coffee.
- (catering) the area in a restaurant used to make tea and coffee, separate from the main kitchen.
- A building where liquors are distilled; a distillery.
- To calm down, to quiet
- To trickle, drip.
- To cause to fall by drops.
- To expel spirit from by heat, or to evaporate and condense in a refrigeratory; to distill.