The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word TIERS
I've seen this crossword clue in Independent
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More clues leading to the result TIERS
- Rows with ferocious beasts, not good
- Rows from couples: right to break up?
- Those drawing lines
- Links welcoming the end of golfer’s rows
- Mummy might wipe these, you say, after upsets and rows
- Evidence of sadness heard in rows
- Rows could create sound of crying
- Draw boundaries of ruins in rows
- Row upon row of drawers?
- Report of sorrowful manifestations in rows
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The straight part
We know that "Mummy might wipe these," is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case mummy might wipe these, = tiers.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 TIERS mean?
TIERS noun- One who ties (knots, etc).
- Something that ties.
- A child's apron.
- A layer or rank, especially of seats or a wedding cake.
- To arrange in layers.
- To cascade in an overlapping sequence.
- To move (data) from one storage medium to another as an optimization, based on how frequently it is accessed.