The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word ADMISSION
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More clues leading to the result ADMISSION
- Entry price concession
- One day, aim for entry
- District Attorney up calling for confession
- Recognition of a key assignment
- US prosecutor up, calling for confession
- Bill withdrawing denial about young woman, one?
- One might say: “Son, I’m said to get drunk”
- Poster girl, one working to make entry fee
- Poster calling for entry
- Entry to a commercial office
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The straight part
We know that "Entry price/concession" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case entry price/concession = admission.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does ADMISSION mean?
ADMISSION noun- The act or practice of admitting.
- Permission to enter, or the entrance itself; admittance; entrance; access
- The granting of an argument or position not fully proved; the act of acknowledging something asserted; acknowledgement; concession.
- Acquiescence or concurrence in a statement made by another, and distinguishable from a confession in that an admission presupposes prior inquiry by another, but a confession may be made without such inquiry.
- A fact, point, or statement admitted; as, admission made out of court are received in evidence
- Declaration of the bishop that he approves of the presentee as a fit person to serve the cure of the church to which he is presented.
- The cost or fee associated with attendance or entry.