The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word YAWNING
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More clues leading to the result YAWNING
- After end of day canvas shelter is wide open
- Gaping opening in yacht’s canopy
- Canopy, after year, showing sign of fatigue?
- Back of grey canopy is wide open
- The top of your canopy is wide open
- Drowsy and moving unsteadily, about close to exhaustion
- Shelter after day’s end, showing weariness?
- Shelter at back of yard, showing sign of tiredness?
- Yes, canvas shelter is wide open
- Huge yard with canopy
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The straight part
We know that "wide open" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case wide open = yawning.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does YAWNING mean?
YAWNING verb- To open the mouth widely and take a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired or bored, and sometimes accompanied by pandiculation.
- To say while yawning.
- To present a wide opening.
- To open the mouth, or to gape, through surprise or bewilderment.
- To be eager; to desire to swallow anything; to express desire by yawning.
- The action of the verb yawn.
- That yawns or yawn.
- Wide open.