The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word OUTLAST
I've seen this crossword clue in The Sunday Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result OUTLAST
- Survive disembarking after everyone else?
- Wrong clothing seaman rejected to survive
- Unfashionable model gets to survive
- Revealed after all others survive
- Survive old pirate’s sword with edges eroded by time
- Survive, like person asked to turn off light?
- Like a newspaper’s evening edition weather?
- Endure more than former seaman’s sword, over time replacing edges
- Like final man to leave, survive
- Survive having had Revelations after all the rest?
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The straight part
We know that "survive" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case survive = outlast.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 OUTLAST mean?
OUTLAST verb- To live, last or remain longer than.