The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word PLASTIC
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result PLASTIC
- Film about mutant salt, a threat to sea life?
- Endure being in photo for modelling
- Shortly choose holding final credit cards?
- Artificial image? Continue to be enthralled by it
- Malleable president finally in charge
- Flexible picture frames stand the test of time
- Photo frames hang on synthetic material
- . . . . still contains only remaining cards
- Insincere in company about wine
- Company importing wine is manageable
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The straight part
We know that "manageable" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case manageable = plastic.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does PLASTIC mean?
PLASTIC noun- A synthetic, solid, hydrocarbon-based polymer, whether thermoplastic or thermosetting.
- (metonym) Credit or debit cards used in place of cash to buy goods and services.
- Fakeness, or a person who is fake or arrogant, or believes that they are better than the rest of the population.
- An instance of plastic surgery.
- A sculptor, moulder.
- Any solid but malleable substance.
- Capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant.
- Producing tissue.
- Creative, formative.
- Capable of adapting to varying conditions; characterized by environmental adaptability.
- Of or pertaining to the inelastic, non-brittle, deformation of a material.
- Made of plastic.
- Inferior or not the real thing.
- (of a person) Fake.