The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word DIGRESS
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More clues leading to the result DIGRESS
- Get sidetracked — I note during shift?
- Go off at a tangent about son in lodgings
- Dissertation about Greek eccentricity to go off at a tangent
- Soldier comes round wearing clothes for ramble
- Introduce irrelevant matter of US soldier returning wearing frock!
- Stray remark that’s critical over topless robe
- Stray cat heading off after daughter
- Go off at a tangent about son in rented accommodation
- Stray has accommodation in which there’s no time to relax
- Stray female cat losing head for day
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The straight part
We know that "Introduce irrelevant matter" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case introduce irrelevant matter = digress.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does DIGRESS mean?
DIGRESS verb- To step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve; especially, to turn aside from the main subject of attention, or course of argument, in writing or speaking.
- To turn aside from the right path; to transgress; to offend.