The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word NEXT
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result NEXT
- Following cross going into the goal
- Following, cross, into trap
- Subsequent ten caught?
- What J Hepworth & Son became after that
- Following up 10 out of 10
- All but one of team in Lord’s practice session succeeding?
- With hindsight 10 out of 10 then
- … following web coverage of unknown
- Cain store Green’s last to hold out with no end in sight
- Succeeding by breaking clear
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The straight part
We know that "Following" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case following = next.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 NEXT mean?
NEXT noun- The one that follows after this one.
- Nearest in place or position, having nothing similar intervening; adjoining.
- Nearest in order, succession, or rank; immediately following (or sometimes preceding) in order.
- Following in a hypothetical sequence of some kind.
- Nearest in relationship. (See also next of kin.)
- In a time, place, rank or sequence closest or following.
- On the first subsequent occasion.
- On the side of; nearest or adjacent to; next to.