Cryptic crossword clue
Eliminates waste by storing diamonds in stacks 7

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

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The straight part
We know that "Eliminates waste" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case eliminates waste = piddles.
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What does PIDDLES mean?

PIDDLES verb
  1. To eat with small, quick bites.
  2. To bite lightly.
  3. To consume gradually.
  4. To find fault; to cavil.
PIDDLES verb
  1. To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird).
  2. To form by striking with the beak or a pointed instrument.
  3. To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument, especially with repeated quick movements.
  4. To seize and pick up with the beak, or as if with the beak; to bite; to eat; often with up.
  5. To do something in small, intermittent pieces.
  6. To type by searching for each key individually.
  7. To type in general.
  8. To kiss briefly.
PIDDLES verb
  1. To throw.
  2. To lurch forward; especially, of a horse, to stumble after hitting the ground with the toe instead of the flat of the foot.
PIDDLES noun
  1. Piss: urine.
  2. A piss: an act of urination.
  3. Nonsense or a trivial matter.
PIDDLES verb
  1. Often followed by about or around: to act or work ineffectually and wastefully.
  2. (Namibia) To urinate.

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