Cryptic crossword clue
Leading quartet of Cavaliers missing in rolls 5

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word LISTS

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The straight part

We know that "rolls" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case rolls = lists.

The cryptic/wordplay part

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What does LISTS mean?

1. A strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth.
2. Material used for cloth selvage.
3. A register or roll of paper consisting of a compilation or enumeration of a set of possible items; the compilation or enumeration itself.
4. (in the plural) The barriers or palisades used to fence off a space for jousting or tilting tournaments.
5. A codified representation of a list used to store data or in processing; especially, in the LISP programming language, a data structure consisting of a sequence of zero or more items.
6. A little square moulding; a fillet or listel.
7. A narrow strip of wood, especially sapwood, cut from the edge of a board or plank.
8. (ropemaking) A piece of woollen cloth with which the yarns are grasped by a worker.
9. (tin-plate manufacture) The first thin coating of tin; a wire-like rim of tin left on an edge of the plate after it is coated.
10. A stripe.
11. A boundary or limit; a border.

1. To create or recite a list.
2. To place in listings.
3. To sew together, as strips of cloth, so as to make a show of colours, or to form a border.
4. To cover with list, or with strips of cloth; to put list on; to stripe as if with list.
5. To plough and plant with a lister.
6. To prepare (land) for a cotton crop by making alternating beds and alleys with a hoe.
7. To cut away a narrow strip, as of sapwood, from the edge of.
8. To enclose (a field, etc.) for combat.
9. To engage a soldier, etc.; to enlist.
10. To engage in public service by enrolling one's name; to enlist.

1. To listen.
2. To listen to.

1. To be pleasing to.
2. To desire, like, or wish (to do something).

1. A tilt to a building.
2. A careening or tilting to one side, usually not intentionally or under a vessel's own power.

1. To cause (something) to tilt to one side.
2. To tilt to one side.

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