The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word NIGHTLY
I've seen this crossword clue in The Sunday Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result NIGHTLY
- Very often chivalrous to doff cap
- English actress on the radio every evening
- Regularly late, yet sounding chivalrous
- Often heroic, opener dismissed
- Doffing cap, gallant on frequent occasions
- How stars appear chivalrous in audition
- Periodically close account missing a line
- Close telly, oddly, as latest programmes are shown
- Oddly deficient ending that play gives us when it’s performed?
- Every evening, almost, Cobb takes left
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The straight part
We know that "Often" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case often = nightly.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does NIGHTLY mean?
NIGHTLY adjective- Happening or appearing in the night; night-time; nocturnal.
- Performing, occurring, or taking place every night.
- Used in the night.
- A build of a software program with the latest changes, released every night.
- Every night.