The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word EXERCISES
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More clues leading to the result EXERCISES
- Soldiers held back by cuts in manoeuvres
- Cutting of taxes by queen works out
- Works out name of river with right dimensions, we hear
- Drills and cuts round base end of pillar
- Gym implements
- Cuts out about 13 physical jerks
- Drills cuts out round emergency room
- Worries about assignments
- Disturbs board member to take side in stock exchange scandal initially
- Uses cress, I plucked by a river
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "Drills" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case drills = exercises.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 EXERCISES mean?
EXERCISES noun- Any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability.
- Activity intended to improve physical, or sometimes mental, strength and fitness.
- A setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use.
- The performance of an office, ceremony, or duty.
- That which gives practice; a trial; a test.
- To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in order to develop.
- To perform physical activity for health or training.
- To use (a right, an option, etc.); to put into practice.
- (now often in passive) To occupy the attention and effort of; to task; to tax, especially in a painful or vexatious manner; harass; to vex; to worry or make anxious.
- To set in action; to cause to act, move, or make exertion; to give employment to.