The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 plus 4 letter word RISING TIDE
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More clues leading to the result RISING TIDE
- Growing tendency to take endless chance with stupid dieting
- Edit metaphor for economic growth
- Incoming water – desiring it at sea?
- Seaside experience? Celebrate during course of it, having journey round
- Growing tendency in getting up dreadfully tired — not right!
- Revolution bound, they say, to be a growing tendency
- Edit what comes in?
- Edit, “Increasing height of sea water, for example”
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "Increasing" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case increasing = rising tide.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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