The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word INCLINE
I've seen this crossword clue in Independent
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More clues leading to the result INCLINE
- Dispose of serial production, retaining 100
- Lean cold cuts forming a row
- Imprisoned, shedding kilo, European becomes lean
- Under control around cold ski slope?
- List clubs cutting latest brand
- Bow string attached to metal, not unknown
- Be disposed to wearing semi- clinging voile at the back
- Slant of glib talk by trendy Conservative
- One plus nine divided by a hundred and fifty in list
- Queueing outside entrance to Co-operative Bank
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The straight part
We know that "Bank" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case bank = incline.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 INCLINE mean?
INCLINE noun- A slope.
- To bend or move (something) out of a given plane or direction, often the horizontal or vertical.
- To slope.
- (chiefly in the passive) To tend to do or believe something, or move or be moved in a certain direction, away from a point of view, attitude, etc.