The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word USAGES
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More clues leading to the result USAGES
- ‘Times’ taken past American customs
- American wise guys sharing special practices
- Linguistic practices that could take setter and solver a lot of time
- Aromatic plant seized by American customs
- . Practices what takes place on 07/04?
- Customs services to seize silver
- Applications in America over the years
- America develops traditions
- Practices in America over many years
- Canada’s neighbour gets more advanced conventions
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The straight part
We know that "practices" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case practices = usages.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 USAGES mean?
USAGES noun- The manner or the amount of using; use.
- Habit or accepted practice.
- The ways and contexts in which spoken and written words are used, determined by a lexicographer's intuition or from corpus analysis.
- The treatment of someone or something.