The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word TWENTIETH
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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What does TWENTIETH mean?
TWENTIETH noun- A person or thing in the twentieth position.
- One of twenty equal parts of a whole.
- The ordinal form of the number twenty.