The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word AUNTIES
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More clues leading to the result AUNTIES
- Relations loosen up within a second
- Article completes the undoing of relatives
- Australian gets loose with relatives
- Relatives use it and drop down in a heap
- First drop of alcohol loosens up family members
- Relatives like to go around free
- Relatives like housing free
- Answer frees relations
- Unite as eccentric family members
- Certain relatives one lets loose
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The straight part
We know that "older women" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case older women = aunties.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does AUNTIES mean?
AUNTIES noun- The sister or sister-in-law of one’s parent.
- The female cousin of one’s parent.
- A woman of an older generation than oneself, especially a friend of one's parents, by means of fictive kin.
- Any elderly woman.
- A procuress or bawd.
- Term of familiarity or respect for a middle-aged or elderly woman.
- To be or behave like the aunt of.