The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word SHADOWS
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More clues leading to the result SHADOWS
- Dogs got surrounded by pigs
- Traces dogs‘ companions
- Follows a band from the 60s
- Tails begin to stop wagging — how sad!
- Gigs to include a d—– good old instrumental group
- Husband Bill feeds pigs and dogs
- Old guitar group tracks
- Pigs going outside had tails
- Follows a daughter taking part in demonstrations
- Performances to include commercial tracks
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The straight part
We know that "good old instrumental group" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case good old instrumental group = shadows.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does SHADOWS mean?
SHADOWS noun- A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.
- Relative darkness, especially as caused by the interruption of light; gloom, obscurity.
- A area protected by an obstacle (likened to an object blocking out sunlight).
- A reflected image, as in a mirror or in water.
- That which looms as though a shadow.
- A small degree; a shade.
- An imperfect and faint representation.
- (police) A trainee, assigned to work with an experienced officer.
- One who secretly or furtively follows another.
- An inseparable companion.
- A drop shadow effect applied to lettering in word processors etc.
- An influence, especially a pervasive or a negative one.
- A spirit; a ghost; a shade.
- (Latinism) An uninvited guest accompanying one who was invited.
- In Jungian psychology, an unconscious aspect of the personality.
- To shade, cloud or darken.
- To block light or radio transmission from.
- To secretly or discreetly track or follow another, to keep under surveillance.
- To represent faintly and imperfectly.
- To hide; to conceal.
- To accompany (a professional) during the working day, so as to learn about an occupation one intends to take up.
- To make (an identifier, usually a variable) inaccessible by declaring another of the same name within the scope of the first.
- To apply the shadowing process to (the contents of ROM).