Cryptic crossword clue
Doing time, debtor gets a bit of a sub 7-5

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word CONNING

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What does CONNING mean?

CONNING verb
  1. To study or examine carefully, especially in order to gain knowledge of; to learn, or learn by heart.
  2. To know, understand, acknowledge.
CONNING verb
  1. To trick or defraud, usually for personal gain.
CONNING verb
  1. To direct a ship; to superintend the steering of (a vessel); to watch the course of (a vessel) and direct the helmsman how to steer (especially through a channel, etc, rather than steer a compass direction).
CONNING noun
  1. Reckoning

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