Cryptic crossword clue
Schoolgirl's received high English scores 7

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

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The straight part
We know that "scores" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case scores = slashes.
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What does SLASHES mean?

SLASHES noun
  1. A slashing action or motion, particularly:
  2. A mark made by a slashing motion, particularly:
  3. Something resembling such a mark, particularly:
  4. The loose woody debris remaining from a slash, (particularly forestry) the trimmings left while preparing felled trees for removal.
  5. Slash fiction.
SLASHES verb
  1. To cut or attempt to cut, particularly:
  2. To strike violently and randomly, particularly:
  3. To move quickly and violently.
  4. To crack a whip with a slashing motion.
  5. To clear land, (particularly forestry) with violent action such as logging or brushfires or through grazing.
  6. To write slash fiction.
SLASHES noun
  1. A drink of something; a draft.
  2. A piss: an act of urination.
SLASHES verb
  1. To piss, to urinate.
SLASHES noun
  1. A swampy area; a swamp.
  2. A large quantity of watery food such as broth.
SLASHES verb
  1. To work in wet conditions.
SLASHES noun
  1. The period of a transitory breeze.
  2. An interval of good weather.
  3. The loose part of a rope; slack.

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