The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word TISSUES
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result TISSUES
- Government finally delivers something to deal with the cold?
- Papers have problems supporting this leader
- Prefect ultimately sends out those that sponge off snitches?
- Thriller’s first editions? They’re disposable
- Time magazine copies not to be sneezed at? Au contraire!
- After onset of tears, gives out these?
- Wipe out ties with America, back in!
- For wrapping or handkerchiefs — its uses can be varied
- ‘Time’ magazine’s absorbent sheets
- Papers — the first editions
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What does TISSUES mean?
TISSUES noun- Thin, woven, gauze-like fabric.
- A fine transparent silk material, used for veils, etc.; specifically, cloth interwoven with gold or silver threads, or embossed with figures.
- A sheet of absorbent paper, especially one that is made to be used as tissue paper, toilet paper or a handkerchief.
- Absorbent paper as material.
- A group of cells similar in origin that function together to do a specific job.
- Web; texture; complicated fabrication; connected series.
- To form tissue of; to interweave.