The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ECLIPSE
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More clues leading to the result ECLIPSE
- Obscure snippets in the midst of tweets
- Obscure later note in financial district dishonesty
- Overshadow cuts within Europe's borders
- Obscure energy cuts end in catastrophe
- Draw attention from cuts in English energy
- Astronomical phenomenon in bits of film shown in middle of week
- Film extracts in middle of week showing solar phenomenon?
- Cover English prunes with cellophane, finally
- Maybe see about film cuts of the black-out
- Occult bits of online film ending in séance
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The straight part
We know that "Overshadow" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case overshadow = eclipse.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does ECLIPSE mean?
ECLIPSE noun- An alignment of astronomical objects whereby one object comes between the observer (or notional observer) and another object, thus obscuring the latter.
- Especially, an alignment whereby a planetary object (for example, the Moon) comes between the Sun and another planetary object (for example, the Earth), resulting in a shadow being cast by the middle planetary object onto the other planetary object.
- A seasonal state of plumage in some birds, notably ducks, adopted temporarily after the breeding season and characterised by a dull and scruffy appearance.
- Obscurity, decline, downfall
- Of astronomical bodies, to cause an eclipse.
- To overshadow; to be better or more noticeable than.
- (Irish grammar) To undergo eclipsis.