The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word AFTER
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More clues leading to the result AFTER
- Front removed from ceiling timber subsequently
- In pursuit of more at the back?
- In search of a fine time at school — finishing early
- Trying to get hold of beams endlessly
- Following behind King Edward
- America’s past as a Time feature
- . Not before more wacky lose head
- Scratching head, more stupid then
- Looking for more nuts, first off
- Chasing a queen underfoot
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What does AFTER mean?
AFTER adjective- Later; second (of two); next, following, subsequent
- (where the frame of reference is within the ship) At or towards the stern of a ship.
- Behind; later in time; following.
- Subsequently to; following in time; later than.
- Behind.
- In pursuit of, seeking.
- In allusion to, in imitation of; following or referencing.
- Next in importance or rank.
- As a result of.
- In spite of.
- (usually preceded by a form of be, followed by an -ing form of a verb) Used to indicate recent completion of an activity
- According to an author or text.
- Denoting the aim or object; concerning; in relation to.
- According to the direction and influence of; in proportion to; befitting.
- Signifies that the action of the clause it starts takes place before the action of the other clause.