The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ANCIENT
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More clues leading to the result ANCIENT
- Old fellow sporting nice tan
- Elder sometimes seen in front of monument
- Old canine bizarrely beginning to talk
- Ensign concerned with touring island group
- Everyone knows this old course
- Regularly taking out nanny? Crikey, not very old!
- Very old soldier owns new company in Paris
- Old emmet’s nice mess absorbed
- Auctioneer’s first new customer ignoring large antique
- Not up-to-date concerning incorporating European region
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The straight part
We know that "antique" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case antique = ancient.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 ANCIENT mean?
ANCIENT noun- A person who is very old.
- A person who lived in ancient times.
- One of the senior members of the Inns of Court or of Chancery.
- A senior; an elder; a predecessor.
- Having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age, very old.
- Existent or occurring in time long past, usually in remote ages; belonging to or associated with antiquity; old, as opposed to modern.
- (history) Relating to antiquity as a primarily European historical period; the time before the Middle Ages.
- Experienced; versed.
- Former; sometime.
- A flag, banner, standard or ensign.
- The bearer of a flag; ensign