Cryptic crossword clue
Grange accommodates six but closes down early for cleaning 7

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word GRAVING

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What does GRAVING mean?

GRAVING verb
  1. To dig.
  2. To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard substance; to engrave.
  3. To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel; to sculpture.
  4. To impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly.
  5. To entomb; to bury.
  6. To write or delineate on hard substances, by means of incised lines; to practice engraving.
GRAVING verb
  1. To clean, as a vessel's bottom, of barnacles, grass, etc., and pay it over with pitch — so called because graves or greaves was formerly used for this purpose.
GRAVING noun
  1. The act of cleaning a ship's bottom.
  2. An engraving.

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