The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word NIGHTWEAR
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More clues leading to the result NIGHTWEAR
- Fashion range with clothes for after dark
- Finally sleeping in the raw — this having been cast?
- What one might dress kippers in?
- We’ll be seen in almost black coat and garments for retirement
- Swallowing tablet after messing about with gran’s pyjamas?
- Clothing range with buckles
- Retirement cover taken out with anger
- Clobber for going off with … : anger flows
- Close, be quick to embrace wife as this brings bed to mind?
- Tossing in the raw, without good
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The straight part
We know that "Finally sleeping in the raw — this having been cast" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case finally sleeping in the raw — this having been cast = nightwear.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 NIGHTWEAR mean?
NIGHTWEAR noun- Clothes worn at nighttime