The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word AGEING
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More clues leading to the result AGEING
- Getting older, awful gag in English
- Getting on? That’s not about getting on
- Getting on stage in gigantic clothes
- Getting on in brokerage in Geneva
- Scrambled egg in a biological process
- German company meeting a German government is getting on
- Getting old silver quarter for a mixed gin
- Bad gag about a German getting past its best?
- Getting on, not concerned with getting on
- As at the outset with development in egg?
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The straight part
We know that "signs of decay/" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case signs of decay/ = ageing.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does AGEING mean?
AGEING verb- To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to.
- To postpone an action that would extinguish something, as a debt.
- To categorize by age.
- To grow aged; to become old; to show marks of age.
- The process of becoming older or more mature.
- The deliberate process of making something (such as an antique) appear (or, in science fiction, become) older than it is.
- Becoming senescent; accumulating damage to macromolecules, cells, tissues and organs with the passage of time; progressing loss of health, mobility, vibrancy and body functionality, resulting in biological death.
- Wear, wear and tear.
- Becoming elderly.