Cryptic crossword clue
Runs from fire on board ship 7

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

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The straight part
We know that "Runs" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case runs = singles.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does SINGLES mean?

SINGLES noun
  1. A 45 RPM vinyl record with one song on side A and one on side B.
  2. A popular song released and sold (on any format) nominally on its own though usually having at least one extra track.
  3. One who is not married or does not have a romantic partner.
  4. A score of one run.
  5. A hit in baseball where the batter advances to first base.
  6. A tile that has a different value (i.e. number of pips) at each end.
  7. A bill valued at $1.
  8. A one-way ticket.
  9. A score of one point, awarded when a kicked ball is dead within the non-kicking team's end zone or has exited that end zone. Officially known in the rules as a rouge.
  10. (chiefly in the plural) A game with one player on each side, as in tennis.
  11. One of the reeled filaments of silk, twisted without doubling to give them firmness.
  12. A handful of gleaned grain.
  13. A floating-point number having half the precision of a double-precision value.
SINGLES verb
  1. To identify or select one member of a group from the others; generally used with out, either to single out or to single (something) out.
  2. To get a hit that advances the batter exactly one base.
  3. To thin out.
  4. (of a horse) To take the irregular gait called singlefoot.
  5. To sequester; to withdraw; to retire.
  6. To take alone, or one by one.
SINGLES noun
  1. A game between individual players
SINGLES adjective
  1. Of or pertaining to unmarried people.
SINGLES noun
  1. Bicycle tires with the inner tube permanently stitched inside the casing.

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