Cryptic crossword clue
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The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word SKELETONS

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What does SKELETONS mean?

SKELETONS noun
  1. The system that provides support to an organism, internal and made up of bones and cartilage in vertebrates, external in some other animals.
  2. An anthropomorphic representation of a skeleton.
  3. A very thin person.
  4. The central core of something that gives shape to the entire structure.
  5. A frame that provides support to a building or other construction.
  6. A client-helper procedure that communicates with a stub.
  7. The vertices and edges of a polyhedron, taken collectively.
  8. A very thin form of light-faced type.
  9. (attributive) Reduced to a minimum or bare essentials.
SKELETONS verb
  1. To reduce to a skeleton; to skin; to skeletonize
  2. To minimize

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