The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SPEND
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More clues leading to the result SPEND
- Pressure to stop mail while away
- Lay out pound in old coins
- Use up change aboard ship
- Employ feature of Foucault’s pendulum
- Take and squander?
- Stepped on it going round kitchen, finally getting fork out
- Rushed around rear of garden shed
- Consume species abruptly leading to extinction
- Use up odds and ends, nearly
- Use up limits of stipend
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The straight part
We know that "while away" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case while away = spend.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 SPEND mean?
SPEND noun- Amount of money spent (during a period); expenditure.
- (in the plural) Expenditures; money or pocket money.
- Discharged semen.
- Vaginal discharge.
- To pay out (money).
- To bestow; to employ; often with on or upon.
- To squander.
- To exhaust, to wear out.
- To consume, to use up (time).
- To have an orgasm; to ejaculate sexually.
- To waste or wear away; to be consumed.
- To be diffused; to spread.
- To break ground; to continue working.