The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word UPSWEPT
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More clues leading to the result UPSWEPT
- Piled in heap, dogs off lead showed visible distress
- At university, sobbed with such a hairstyle
- Like Elvis’s shock – America cried around centre of Memphis
- Quiffed couriers were in tears
- Reversible seats roughly put outside having been given a reversible brush?
- Newly wet pups made to rise
- Rising past pews, pulpit keeps curving skywards
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The straight part
We know that "curving skywards" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case curving skywards = upswept.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 UPSWEPT mean?
UPSWEPT adjective- Curved or swept upwards