Cryptic crossword clue
Anticipating long life, star played around 12

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 12 letter word FORESTALLING

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What does FORESTALLING mean?

FORESTALLING verb
  1. To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert.
  2. To preclude or bar from happening, render impossible.
  3. To purchase the complete supply of a good, particularly foodstuffs, in order to charge a monopoly price.
  4. To anticipate, to act foreseeingly.
  5. To deprive (with of).
  6. To obstruct or stop up, as a road; to stop the passage of a highway; to intercept on the road, as goods on the way to market.
FORESTALLING noun
  1. The act of one who forestalls.

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