The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word RESCIND
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result RESCIND
- Set aside key with hard outer casing?
- Cancel right decision, cruelly having exterminated 10
- Scrub computer key inside protective covering
- Cancel half of shares before company’s inexperienced new director starts
- Desires Cinderella needs to set aside
- Do away with religious studies college in Pakistani province
- Cancel note on small college in Germany
- Stop briefly, caught in the middle of Cardiff, and reverse
- Thick skin’s key for interrupting in scrap
- Countermand as noisily offended again
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The straight part
We know that "set aside /set aside" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case set aside /set aside = rescind.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 RESCIND mean?
RESCIND verb- To repeal, annul, or declare void; to take (something such as a rule or contract) out of effect.
- To cut away or off.