The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ADDLING
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More clues leading to the result ADDLING
- Putting on about fifty? That’s confusing
- Going off end of April, stopping work for the summer?
- Having a tot around end of meal and going off
- Tot with deficient language becoming confused
- Confusing Luxembourg expanding all round
- Becoming confused, lecturer in the course of summing up
- Liberal in supplementing, spoiling it
- Getting confused working with numbers around 50
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The straight part
We know that "spoiling it" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case spoiling it = addling.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.
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What does ADDLING mean?
ADDLING noun- (provincial) Earnings.
- (provincial) To earn, earn by labor; earn money or one's living.
- (provincial) To thrive or grow; to ripen.
- To make addle; to grow addle; to muddle
- To cause fertilised eggs to lose viability, by killing the developing embryo within through shaking, piercing, freezing or oiling, without breaking the shell.
- The act of causing fertilised eggs to lose viability, by killing the developing embryo within through shaking, piercing, freezing or oiling, without breaking the shell or other outer layer.