The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word OFFING
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result OFFING
- Sound hesitant leaving presentation for execution in America
- Don’t start undressing until some future time
- Removing without date in the near future
- Part of sea current enters wrong gulf
- Scientist heading away to have good time fairly soon
- ‘Topping‘ is removing, removing top
- Proceeding without head to take folios in near future
- Present king left for distant part of the sea
- Making a killing in America in the near future?
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The straight part
We know that "some future time" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case some future time = offing.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 OFFING mean?
OFFING verb- To kill.
- To switch off.
- The area of the sea in which a ship can be seen in the distance from land, excluding the parts nearest the shore, and beyond the anchoring ground.
- The distance that a ship at sea keeps away from land, often because of navigational dangers, fog and other hazards; a position at a distance from shore.
- The foreseeable future. Chiefly in the phrase in the offing.