The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word PROGRAM
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result PROGRAM
- Set of instructions for scientific unit
- List of instructions for school run pocketed
- Good to run golf competition over US course
- Instructions for computer supporting good memory
- Favouring metric unit for system of instructions
- Expert with good month to review app, perhaps
- Computer aid for good memory
- Weight attached to expert coder’s work
- Computer application for grand slam
- US broadcast against imperial measure by implication?
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The straight part
We know that "US course" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case us course = program.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 PROGRAM mean?
PROGRAM noun- A set of structured activities.
- A leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity.
- A performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television.
- A software application, or a collection of software applications, designed to perform a specific task.
- (especially in the phrase "get with the program") A particular mindset or method of doing things.
- To enter a program or other instructions into (a computer or other electronic device) to instruct it to do a particular task.
- To develop (software) by writing program code.
- To put together the schedule of an event.
- To cause to automatically behave in a particular way.