The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word VICTORY
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result VICTORY
- Year after Hugo’s first success
- Little Boy Blue’s triumph
- Conservative backs endless corruption for success
- Endlessly failing Conservative achieves success
- Reduction in degeneracy, Conservative’s success
- Success with models
- Triumph of conservative after six by-elections essentially
- Success comes before Whiskey and Yankee
- Divine core at Chhattisgarh's capital. Right? That's success!
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The straight part
We know that "success/success" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case success/success = victory.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 VICTORY mean?
VICTORY noun- An instance of having won a competition or battle or succeeded in an effort.
- The condition of having succeeded in a conflict or other effort.
- A winged figure representing victory, common in Roman official iconography. See Winged victory.
- To achieve a victory