The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ENTRIES
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result ENTRIES
- Records soldiers guarding base going topless
- What logger may make from trees in ground
- Guards losing head finding gates, perhaps
- Those who might guard doors won’t open doors
- Shaven-headed folk who might who guard The Doors?
- Competitors making records
- What AZ has to go through and measure efforts
- Guards missing first openings
- Lists of competitors making appearances on stage
- Nurse attempts to make notes
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The straight part
We know that "Competitors/records" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case competitors/records = entries.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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What does ENTRIES mean?
ENTRIES noun- The act of entering.
- Permission to enter.
- A doorway that provides a means of entering a building.
- The act of taking possession.
- The start of an insurance contract.
- A passageway between terraced houses that provides a means of entering a back garden or yard.
- A small room immediately inside the front door of a house or other building, often having an access to a stairway and leading on to other rooms
- A small group formed within a church, especially Episcopal, for simple dinner and fellowship, and to help facilitate new friendships
- An item in a list, such as an article in a dictionary or encyclopedia.
- A record made in a log, diary or anything similarly organized; a datum in a database.
- A term at any position in a matrix.
- The exhibition or depositing of a ship's papers at the customhouse, to procure licence to land goods; or the giving an account of a ship's cargo to the officer of the customs, and obtaining his permission to land the goods.
- The point when a musician starts to play or sing; entrance.