The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word YEAR
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More clues leading to the result YEAR
- Student group long to finish earlier than usual
- Some marry early in twelvemonth
- Portion of salary earned for a time
- Endlessly long period of time
- Vote for break in time for audit?
- One intake of undergrads ultimately pay attention
- Period of time that’s long? Not altogether
- Ready for change when daughter’s gone for period
- Short story gripping English student group
- Many students are confused by term in algebra
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The straight part
We know that "Many students" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case many students = year.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does YEAR mean?
YEAR noun- A solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun (between 365.24 and 365.26 days depending on the point of reference).
- (by extension) The time it takes for any astronomical object (such as a planet, dwarf planet, small Solar System body, or comet) in direct orbit around a star (such as the Sun) to make one revolution around the star.
- A period between set dates that mark a year, from January 1 to December 31 by the Gregorian calendar, from Tishiri 1 to Elul 29 by the Jewish calendar, and from Muharram 1 to Dhu al-Hijjah 29 or 30 by the Islamic calendar.
- A scheduled part of a calendar year spent in a specific activity.
- A Julian year, exactly 365.25 days, represented by "a".
- A level or grade in school or college.
- The proportion of a creature's lifespan equivalent to one year of an average human lifespan (see also dog year).
- (abstract) This place; this location.
- (abstract) This time, the present situation.
- Eye dialect spelling of hear