Cryptic crossword clue
Curiosity, dropping in after current short, develops avarice 15

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 15 letter word ACQUISITIVENESS

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What does ACQUISITIVENESS mean?

ACQUISITIVENESS noun
  1. The quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of possession.
  2. The faculty to which the phrenologists attribute the desire of acquiring and possessing.

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