The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word LONGEST
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More clues leading to the result LONGEST
- Most extensive record about knight is French
- Like September of all months? Yes and no
- Biggest ten logs chopped up
- Slowest legs not abnormal
- In case being around group's not good, it will be most protracted
- Look, new hotel customer, not superior, is most tedious
- Arrange ten logs having maximum length
- Tune at first followed loud grating song, taking even more time than any other
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "most protracted" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case most protracted = longest.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 LONGEST mean?
LONGEST verb- To take a long position in.
- Having much distance from one terminating point on an object or an area to another terminating point (usually applies to horizontal dimensions; see Usage Notes below).
- Having great duration.
- Seemingly lasting a lot of time, because it is boring or tedious or tiring.
- Not short; tall.
- Possessing or owning stocks, bonds, commodities or other financial instruments with the aim of benefiting of the expected rise in their value.
- Of a fielding position, close to the boundary (or closer to the boundary than the equivalent short position).
- (of a ball or a shot) Landing beyond the baseline, and therefore deemed to be out.
- Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in time; far away.
- Over a great distance in space.
- For a particular duration.
- For a long duration.
- To await, aspire, desire greatly (something to occur or to be true)
- To be appropriate to, to pertain or belong to.
- To belong.