The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word RARITIES
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More clues leading to the result RARITIES
- One taking part in regimental ceremonies which don’t occur often
- Artist, prig at heart, secures collector’s items
- Is a trier mixed up in unusual things?
- Model is with artier collector’s items
- Sir, I rate cultured pearls
- They’re seldom seen: essentially drab grim items of neckwear
- Peculiarities of surreal satire around religious instruction
- They're seldom seen: essentially drab grim items of neckwear
- Artist at Royal Institute draws unusual objects
- Irate, Sir? Bats? They’re seldom seen
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What does RARITIES mean?
RARITIES noun- A measure of the scarcity of an object.
- (of a gas) Thinness; the property of having low density
- A rare object.