The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word ANNALS
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result ANNALS
- Books university set aside for records
- Records a pair of names, too — endlessly together
- Back-to-back articles on ’50s records?
- Chronicles of Narnia’s leader Aslan are fantastic
- Townswoman on the outskirts of Los Angeles making records
- History of girl clearing out of Leeds
- Chronicles of Aslan revolving around Narnia’s opening
- Records of former Indian currency oddly lost
- Records of non-u plants?
- Chronicles of Aslan, Narnia turned up
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "History" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case history = annals.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 ANNALS mean?
ANNALS noun- The record of a single event or item.
- A relation of events in chronological order, each event being recorded under the year in which it happened.
- Historical records; chronicles; history.
- A periodic publication, containing records of discoveries, transactions of societies, etc.