The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word LATELY
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result LATELY
- Liberal at site of cathedral in the recent past
- Pillar put atop Cambridgeshire location not long ago
- Deceased student unknown until recently
- A telly production in recent times
- Amateur has installed phone a short time ago
- A telly broken not long ago
- Left a tense city not long ago
- Allow rises in stake as a recent thing
- Yet all has been changed in recent times
- Greek character left off collecting stamps recently
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The straight part
We know that "not long ago" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case not long ago = lately.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does LATELY mean?
LATELY adverb- Recently; not long ago; of late.