Cryptic crossword clue
Cuts back on seconds and extras 6

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SPARES

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The straight part
We know that "extras" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case extras = spares.
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What does SPARES mean?

SPARES noun
  1. The act of sparing; moderation; restraint.
  2. Parsimony; frugal use.
  3. An opening in a petticoat or gown; a placket.
  4. That which has not been used or expended.
  5. A spare part, especially a spare tire.
  6. A superfluous or second-best person, specially (in a dynastic context) in the phrase "An heir and a spare".
  7. The right of bowling again at a full set of pins, after having knocked all the pins down in less than three bowls. If all the pins are knocked down in one bowl it is a double spare; in two bowls, a single spare.
  8. The act of knocking down all remaining pins in second ball of a frame; this entitles the pins knocked down on the next ball to be added to the score for that frame.
  9. A free period; a block of school during which one does not have a class.
SPARES verb
  1. To show mercy.
  2. To keep.
  3. To give up To deprive oneself of, as by being frugal; to do without; to dispense with; to give up; to part with.

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