The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word OWNING
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More clues leading to the result OWNING
- Confessing Cambridge college should sack its head
- Having no drive, going under
- In possession of fashionable dress? The other half’s first
- Due around noon in confession? One has to be
- Admitting blunder, after securing victory over Norman leader
- Perhaps having house in town in Guernsey
- Having to confess in front of gathering
- Having gin, now get drunk
- Admitting drinking, losing head
- Admitting to going under in doctor’s absence
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The straight part
We know that "In possession of" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case in possession of = owning.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does OWNING mean?
OWNING verb- To have rightful possession of (property, goods or capital); to have legal title to.
- To have recognized political sovereignty over a place, territory, as distinct from the ordinary connotation of property ownership.
- To defeat or embarrass; to overwhelm.
- To virtually or figuratively enslave.
- To defeat, dominate, or be above, also spelled pwn.
- To illicitly obtain superuser or root access to a computer system, thereby having access to all of the user files on that system; pwn.
- To grant; give.
- To admit, concede, grant, allow, acknowledge, confess; not to deny.
- To admit; concede; acknowledge.
- To take responsibility for.
- To answer to.
- To recognise; acknowledge.
- To claim as one's own.
- To confess.