The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word TILLAGE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result TILLAGE
- Husbandry only exercised when young?
- Farmland? Something money’s put into over time
- Prisoner wearing hat for work in the field
- Couple hold nerve withdrawing farm job
- 2 floundering without spades for farming
- Preparation of land before time
- Farmer’s work is up to date
- Work in fields up to declining years?
- Farm work for the pre-senescent?
- Husbandry up to the time of decline
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The straight part
We know that "Farm work" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case farm work = tillage.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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What does TILLAGE mean?
TILLAGE noun- The cultivation of arable land by plowing, sowing and raising crops.
- Land cultivated in this way.