Cryptic crossword clue
Number gathering on the way to enlightenment? 5

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word DOZEN

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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 = dozen.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does DOZEN mean?

DOZEN noun
  1. A set of twelve.
  2. (as plural only, always followed by of) A large, unspecified number of, comfortably estimated in small multiples of twelve, thus generally implied to be significantly more than ten or twelve, but less than perhaps one or two hundred; many.
  3. An old English measure of ore containing 12 hundredweight.

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