The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word REASONS
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More clues leading to the result REASONS
- Rationale for decapitation: acts of betrayal
- Thinks a little more, as on screen
- Are wayward boys to be found in grounds?
- Piece of sculpture, as on show in grounds
- Works out, seeing others mostly surrounding a lad
- Concerned with a relative’s motives
- Incentives almost genuine for boys
- Explanations about a child by head of state
- Concerning a boy’s motives
- Reckons there’s no time for mutiny, son
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The straight part
We know that "motives" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case motives = reasons.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does REASONS mean?
REASONS noun- A cause:
- Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition.
- Something reasonable, in accordance with thought; justice.
- Ratio; proportion.
- To deduce or come to a conclusion by being rational
- To perform a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to argue.
- To converse; to compare opinions.
- To arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine or discuss by arguments; to debate or discuss.
- To support with reasons, as a request.
- To persuade by reasoning or argument.
- (with down) To overcome or conquer by adducing reasons.
- (usually with out) To find by logical process; to explain or justify by reason or argument.