Cryptic crossword clue
Gin went quickly once collected by dishonest scheme 8

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 1 letter word S

S


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The straight part
We know that "Gin" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case gin = s.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does S mean?

S noun
  1. A weight of 1/288 of a pound, that is, twenty grains or one third of a dram, about 1.3 grams (symbol: ℈).
  2. (by extension) A very small quantity; a particle.
  3. A doubt or uncertainty concerning a matter of fact; intellectual perplexity.
  4. Hesitation to act from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; doubt, hesitation or unwillingness due to motives of conscience.
  5. A Hebrew unit of time equal to 1/1080 hour.
S noun
  1. Each of the four divisions of a year: spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter
  2. A part of a year when something particular happens
  3. That which gives relish; seasoning.
  4. The period over which a series of Test matches are played.
  5. A group of episodes of a television or radio program broadcast in regular intervals with a long break between each group, usually with one year between the beginning of each.
  6. An extended, undefined period of time.
  7. The full set of downloadable content for a game, which can be purchased with a season pass.
  8. A fixed period of time in a massively multiplayer online game in which new content (themes, rules, modes, etc.) becomes available, sometimes replacing earlier content.
S noun
  1. A coin formerly used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Malta, Australia, New Zealand and many other Commonwealth countries.
  2. The currency of Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda.
  3. A currency in the United States, differing in value between states.
  4. (New York and some other states) The Spanish real, formerly having the value of one eighth of a dollar.
S noun
  1. One of the four major compass points, specifically 180°, directed toward the South Pole, and conventionally downwards on a map, abbreviated as S.
  2. The side of a church on the right hand of a person facing the altar.
S noun
  1. A quark having a fractional electric charge of -1/3 and a mass about 80 to 130 MeV. Symbol: s

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