Cryptic crossword clue
Rest packed into refuse — how solid? 7

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word DENSITY

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The straight part
We know that "how solid?" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case how solid? = density.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does DENSITY mean?

DENSITY noun
  1. A measure of the mass of matter contained by a unit volume.
  2. The ratio of one quantity, representing something of interest, to another quantity representing space, area, or extent in which the thing of interest is distributed.
  3. The probability that an outcome will fall into a given range, per unit of that range; the relative likelihood of possible values of a continuous random variable.
  4. Stupidity; denseness.

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