The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word SALVAGE
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More clues leading to the result SALVAGE
- Recycling: say I’m sorry about Victor’s going west
- Left in wild seeking rescue
- Recover silver in cream
- Refuse to be kept by lover, initially in wild surroundings
- Recovered goods left during attack
- Result of Conservative act that scrapes the bottom?
- Wild fellow claiming a number of discarded things for collection
- Rescue wild animal whose tail has been trapped
- Manage to retain ferocious outside left
- Rescue original piece of valuable silver found in auction
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The straight part
We know that "CD?/double defn" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case cd?/double defn = salvage.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does SALVAGE mean?
SALVAGE noun- The rescue of a ship, its crew or its cargo from a hazardous situation.
- The ship, crew or cargo so rescued.
- The compensation paid to the rescuers.
- The money from the sale of rescued goods.
- The similar rescue of property liable to loss; the property so rescued.
- (sometimes attributive) Anything put to good use that would otherwise have been wasted, such as damaged goods.
- (of property, people or situations at risk) to rescue.
- (of discarded goods) to put to use.
- To make new or restore for the use of being saved.
- An uncivilized or feral human; a barbarian.
- A defiant person.
- (Philippine English) summary execution, extrajudicial killing
- (Philippine English) To perform summary execution.
- (Philippine English) To apprehend and execute (a suspected criminal) without trial.