The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word PERMANENT
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More clues leading to the result PERMANENT
- For each male, ten suffering on a full-time basis
- Long-lasting series of Superman, enthralling
- Fixed for each worker attached to hospital department
- According to staff, medical department is secure
- Durable players carrying an inside forward
- Solid forward covering player with Everton’s wingers
- Enduring exercises with chap in charge
- Full-time staff supports for each hospital department
- Exercises by Royal Marines and a new gentleman? No good continuing
- Stable lad in exercise let out
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What does PERMANENT mean?
PERMANENT noun- A chemical hair treatment imparting or removing curliness, whose effects typically last for a period of weeks; a perm.
- Given an n \times n matrix a_{ij} \,, the sum over all permutations \pi \, of \prod_{i=1}^n{a_{i\pi(i)}}.
- (trading card games) A card whose effects persist beyond the turn on which it is played.
- To perm (the hair).
- Without end, eternal.
- Lasting for an indefinitely long time.