Cryptic crossword clue
Fixing telephone after 22 is recycled 9

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word ANCHORING

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What does ANCHORING mean?

ANCHORING verb
  1. To connect an object, especially a ship or a boat, to a fixed point.
  2. To cast anchor; to come to anchor.
  3. To stop; to fix or rest.
  4. To provide emotional stability for a person in distress.
  5. To perform as an anchorman or anchorwoman.
  6. To be stuck; to be unable to move away from a position.
ANCHORING noun
  1. The act or means by which something is anchored or made firm.
  2. The tendency of people to place subsequently refined answers to a given question close to the initially estimated answer, giving unduly weight to the initial answer, such as adjusting the initial estimate of "20%" to "30%" when "90%" would be more appropriate.

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