Cryptic crossword clue
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The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word SPECIALS

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What does SPECIALS mean?

SPECIALS noun
  1. A reduction in consumer cost (usually for a limited time) for items or services rendered.
  2. One of a rotation of meals systematically offered for a lower price at a restaurant.
  3. Unusual or exceptional episode of a series.
  4. A special constable.
  5. Anything that is not according to normal practice, plan, or schedule, as an unscheduled run of transportation that is normally scheduled.
  6. Any unlicensed medicine produced or obtained for a specific individual patient.
  7. A correspondent; a journalist sent to the scene of an event to report back.
  8. A dispatch sent back by a special correspondent.
  9. A light that illuminates a specific person or thing on the stage.
SPECIALS verb
  1. (nursing) To supervise a patient one-on-one.

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