The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word GLEANER
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More clues leading to the result GLEANER
- Bottom of bag has more spare, one gathers
- Collector of scraps beginning to get thinner
- Having lost weight after golf, one picks up
- Good student losing heart, one gathers
- One picking up information that’s wrong in 19 down
- Good slimmer, one gathers
- Person who gathers what’s abandoned in general
- One gets meagre leftovers, finally becoming less fat
- General disorder, one gathers
- One picking up rest in country many ignored
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The straight part
We know that "one gathers" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case one gathers = gleaner.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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