The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SPARES
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What does SPARES mean?
SPARES noun- The act of sparing; moderation; restraint.
- Parsimony; frugal use.
- An opening in a petticoat or gown; a placket.
- That which has not been used or expended.
- A spare part, especially a spare tire.
- A superfluous or second-best person, specially (in a dynastic context) in the phrase "An heir and a spare".
- The right of bowling again at a full set of pins, after having knocked all the pins down in less than three bowls. If all the pins are knocked down in one bowl it is a double spare; in two bowls, a single spare.
- The act of knocking down all remaining pins in second ball of a frame; this entitles the pins knocked down on the next ball to be added to the score for that frame.
- A free period; a block of school during which one does not have a class.
- To show mercy.
- To keep.
- To give up To deprive oneself of, as by being frugal; to do without; to dispense with; to give up; to part with.