The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word MODERN
I've seen this crossword clue in The Sunday Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result MODERN
- Updated method backed by fighting force
- Navy's after style that's new
- New fashion, the latest from our collection
- Contemporary fashion employed by sailors
- Up-to-date style worn by sailors
- New demo broken up by force
- Contemporary approach supported by Royal Navy
- Style for service gets go-ahead
- Service paymasters with English sailors present
- Right in fashion and new?
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What does MODERN mean?
MODERN noun- Someone who lives in modern times.
- Pertaining to a current or recent time and style; not ancient.
- (history) Pertaining to the modern period (c.1800 to contemporary times), particularly in academic historiography.