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

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What does FOLLOWING mean?

FOLLOWING verb
  1. To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction.
  2. To go or come after in a sequence.
  3. To carry out (orders, instructions, etc.).
  4. To live one's life according to (religion, teachings, etc).
  5. To understand, to pay attention to.
  6. To watch, to keep track of (reports of) some event or person.
  7. To subscribe to see content from an account on a social media platform.
  8. To be a logical consequence of something.
  9. To walk in, as a road or course; to attend upon closely, as a profession or calling.
FOLLOWING noun
  1. A group of followers, attendants or admirers; an entourage.
  2. Vocation; business; profession.
  3. (with definite article, treated as singular or plural) A thing or things to be mentioned immediately after.
FOLLOWING adjective
  1. Coming next, either in sequence or in time.
  2. About to be specified.
  3. (of a wind) Blowing in the direction of travel.
FOLLOWING preposition
  1. After, subsequent to.

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