The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word AZIMUTH
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result AZIMUTH
- Angle a half-frame makes with dilapidated hut
- Angle presented by extreme characters — I say nothing must be forbidden
- Observer’s angle reported as ‘a bit much … lacking basics of language, sadly’
- . Astrolabe reading made in the Arizona hut's messed up after a short online message creeps in
- Revolutionary Tamizh accepted university's angle
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What does AZIMUTH mean?
AZIMUTH noun- An arc of the horizon intercepted between the meridian of the place and a vertical circle passing through the center of any object.
- The quadrant of an azimuth circle.