The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word PROCESS
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More clues leading to the result PROCESS
- Journalists covering Officer Commanding’s method
- Use IT perhaps to handle move in train
- In favour of saints supporting church operation
- Way of doing complex scores on page
- System that’s used for tax
- Method from company rising in demand
- In favour of tax growth
- Writ in favour of tax
- Treat old carbon in newspapers
- Examine and analyse ordinary copyright in newspapers
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The straight part
We know that "operation" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case operation = process.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 PROCESS mean?
PROCESS noun- A series of events which produce a result (the product).
- A set of procedures used to produce a product, most commonly in the food and chemical industries.
- A path of succession of states through which a system passes.
- Successive physiological responses to keep or restore health.
- Documents issued by a court in the course of a lawsuit or action at law, such as a summons, mandate, or writ.
- An outgrowth of tissue or cell.
- A structure that arises above a surface.
- An executable task or program.
- The centre mark that players aim at in the game of squails.
- To perform a particular process on a thing.
- To retrieve, store, classify, manipulate, transmit etc. (data, signals, etc.), especially using computer techniques.
- To think about a piece of information, or a concept, in order to assimilate it, and perhaps accept it in a modified state.
- To develop photographic film.
- To take legal proceedings against.
- To walk in a procession