The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word AFTERMATH
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More clues leading to the result AFTERMATH
- Subsequent events end in a religious expression I let loose
- Consequences of a fine period of work at Harrow, primarily
- Later consequences of getting me that far drunk
- . American fellow’s semester at Harvard’s beginning to get results
- Wake father — am getting worried about time
- Art thief: ‘Am I not worried by consequences?’
- Consequences of pursuing US subject
- At the farm produced second crop
- Crossbreeding at the farm will have later consequences
- The wake of the fart knocked over mother
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The straight part
We know that "later consequences" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case later consequences = aftermath.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does AFTERMATH mean?
AFTERMATH noun- A second mowing; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season.
- That which happens after, that which follows, usually of strongly negative connotation in most contexts, implying a preceding catastrophe.