Cryptic crossword clue
Factory  Acts: the opera 5

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word WORKS

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The straight part
We know that "Factory/Acts/the opera" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case factory/acts/the opera = works.
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What does WORKS mean?

WORKS noun
  1. (heading) Employment.
  2. (heading) Effort.
  3. Sustained effort to achieve a goal or result, especially overcoming obstacles.
  4. (heading) Product; the result of effort.
  5. The staging of events to appear as real.
  6. Ore before it is dressed.
  7. The equipment needed to inject a drug (syringes, needles, swabs etc.)
WORKS verb
  1. To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
  2. To effect by gradual degrees.
  3. To embroider with thread.
  4. To set into action.
  5. To cause to ferment.
  6. To ferment.
  7. To exhaust, by working.
  8. To shape, form, or improve a material.
  9. To operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.
  10. To operate in or through; as, to work the phones.
  11. To provoke or excite; to influence.
  12. To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.
  13. To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
  14. To cause to work.
  15. To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.
  16. To influence.
  17. To effect by gradual degrees; as, to work into the earth.
  18. To move in an agitated manner.
  19. To behave in a certain way when handled
  20. (with two objects) To cause (someone) to feel (something); to do unto somebody (something, whether good or bad).
  21. To hurt; to ache.
WORKS noun
  1. A mechanism or machine; the means by which something happens.
  2. A factory or factories, or similar collection(s) of buildings.
  3. (with "the") Everything or everything that is available or possible; especially, all available toppings on food.
  4. (with "the") Drastic treatment; abuse; the axe (dismissal).

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