The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word CONVALESCE
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result CONVALESCE
- Admitting depression, crooks joining church recover
- Around Nevada, join rally
- Recover glens captured by corps formerly
- Get fitter calves, once exercised
- Caught after going round low points in rally
- Unite around Northern values principally to recover
- Cold? Once salve works, recover
- Recover CV — enclose a reworking
- Interfere with novel access point away from attempt to recover
- Recover chapter introducing novels ace composed
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What does CONVALESCE mean?
CONVALESCE verb- To recover health and strength gradually after sickness or weakness.