The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word PARTIAL
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result PARTIAL
- Unfinished craft I found in China?
- Limited time to cut song during album set back
- Biased mate cunning one roped in
- Some pop art, I allege, can be fragmentary
- Dad’s on trial unfairly? Just a bit
- Friend embraces one following craft fair? No
- Someone adversarial, extremely biased
- Catch up with 1 across left incomplete
- Not entirely biased?
- Keen to leave Italy half-naked
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The straight part
We know that "Limited" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case limited = partial.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 PARTIAL mean?
PARTIAL noun- A partial derivative: a derivative with respect to one independent variable of a function in multiple variables while holding the other variables constant.
- Any of the sine waves which make up a complex tone; often an overtone or harmonic of the fundamental.
- Dentures that replace only some of the natural teeth
- (forensics) An incomplete fingerprint
- A fragment of a template containing markup.
- To take the partial regression coefficient.
- Existing as a part or portion; incomplete
- Describing a property that holds only when an algorithm terminates
- Biased in favor of a person, side, or point of view, especially when dealing with a competition or dispute
- (followed by the preposition to) having a predilection for something
- Of or relating to a partial derivative or partial differential
- Subordinate