Cryptic crossword clue
Picking up one paper for Heather to collect 7

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word LIFTING

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What does LIFTING mean?

1. To raise or rise.
2. To steal.
3. To source directly without acknowledgement; to plagiarise.
4. To arrest (a person).
5. To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.).
6. To alleviate, to lighten (pressure, tension, stress, etc.)
7. To cause to move upwards.
8. To lift weights; to weight-lift.
9. To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.
10. To elevate or improve in rank, condition, etc.; often with up.
11. To bear; to support.
12. To collect, as moneys due; to raise.
13. To transform (a function) into a corresponding function in a different context.
14. To buy a security or other asset previously offered for sale.

1. The action or process by which something is lifted; elevation
2. Weightlifting; a form of exercise in which weights are lifted
3. Plastic surgery for tightening facial tissues and improving the facial appearance
4. Theft.
5. A certain operation on a measure space; see lifting theory.

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