The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word FOURTEEN
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More clues leading to the result FOURTEEN
- A number strove for audition, not at first noticed
- Bad fortune besetting European — score reduced by six
- Number of characters in Romeo and Juliet older than Juliet? Just so
- Lines in sonnet? There’s support for us in folio note
- Number following 20? That’s in the wrong order
- Number in the next block
- A little Fresca? Our Peg? No, Seven and Seven
- Number of vixen dash off northwards?
- Reviewed tenure of more than a dozen
- Cardinal may see fortune wasted taking drug
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The straight part
We know that "Number" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case number = fourteen.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.
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What does FOURTEEN mean?
FOURTEEN numeral- The cardinal number occurring after thirteen and before fifteen, represented in Roman numerals as XIV and in Arabic numerals as 14.