The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word SEVENTH
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More clues leading to the result SEVENTH
- A certain position, in which she playfully grabs orifice
- Interval drinks? Event has bottles
- Affair stops quietly for an interval
- Last day of competition in outskirts of Slough
- Interval of calm between Pope’s Day One and Day Five
- Portion of event taking place in silence
- Be quiet about happening place in the top ten
- Quiet about incident, far from the first
- Captivated by Cats – even the interval
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The straight part
We know that "far from the first" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case far from the first = seventh.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does SEVENTH mean?
SEVENTH noun- The person or thing in the seventh position.
- One of seven equal parts of a whole.
- A tone of the seventh degree from a given tone, the interval between two such tones, or the two tones sounding in unison.
- The ordinal form of the number seven.