Cryptic crossword clue
Becoming good, boy quits gambling 7

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word GETTING

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The straight part
We know that "Becoming" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case becoming = getting.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does GETTING mean?

GETTING verb
  1. (ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
  2. To receive.
  3. (in a perfect construction, with present-tense meaning) To have. See usage notes.
  4. To fetch, bring, take.
  5. To become, or cause oneself to become.
  6. To cause to become; to bring about.
  7. To cause to do.
  8. To cause to come or go or move.
  9. To cause to be in a certain status or position.
  10. (with various prepositions, such as into, over, or behind; for specific idiomatic senses see individual entries get into, get over, etc.) To adopt, assume, arrive at, or progress towards (a certain position, location, state).
  11. To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.
  12. To begin (doing something or to do something).
  13. To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).
  14. To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).
  15. (followed by infinitive) To be able, be permitted, or have the opportunity (to do something desirable or ironically implied to be desirable).
  16. To understand. (compare get it)
  17. To be told; be the recipient of (a question, comparison, opinion, etc.).
  18. To be. Used to form the passive of verbs.
  19. To become ill with or catch (a disease).
  20. To catch out, trick successfully.
  21. To perplex, stump.
  22. To find as an answer.
  23. To bring to reckoning; to catch (as a criminal); to effect retribution.
  24. To hear completely; catch.
  25. To getter.
  26. To beget (of a father).
  27. To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.
  28. Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose.
  29. To go, to leave; to scram.
  30. To kill.
  31. To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.
  32. To measure.
GETTING noun
  1. The act of obtaining or acquiring; acquisition.
  2. That which is got or obtained; gain; profit.

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