The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 11 letter word SPREADSHEET
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More clues leading to the result SPREADSHEET
- Did something to straighten bed, perhaps, and tables?
- Programme woman's included in broadcast film
- One can fill lots of cells — start making a bed?
- As chambermaid might for computer program
- Computer program giving an instruction to bedmaker?
- Program’s usefulness ultimately has petered out
- Peter dashes off something on a computer
- Program to start making bed?
- Tables covered by blanket
- Program for organising broadcast, needing cover
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The straight part
We know that "One can fill lots of cells" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case one can fill lots of cells = spreadsheet.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 SPREADSHEET mean?
SPREADSHEET noun- A sheet of paper, marked with a grid, in which financial data is recorded and totals calculated manually.
- A computer simulation of such a system of recording tabular data, with totals and other formulas calculated automatically.
- To model or compute by means of a spreadsheet.