The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ALAMO
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result ALAMO
- Nearly all with a second mission
- Leader of armed mob almost seizing city in battle
- Last pair abandoning fashionable, ill-fated mission
- Some trial, a month in siege site
- Mission appearing in article by the French medical officer
- Stylish shot of duke and English battle scene
- Recalling doctor's old mission
- Sadly not allowed to complete doctor’s mission
- Mission accomplished — like another mission — on all fronts!
- Part of total amount needed for Texas mission
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