The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ITALICS
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More clues leading to the result ITALICS
- A script: it's about girl underground, mostly
- Type to give one stress with rightist slant?
- Silicate almost cracks, showing signs of stress
- Type to emphasise it’s about the girl, mainly
- They emphasise it’s about a girl, mostly
- New CIA list in emphatic kind of script
- Sort of socialist, extremely liberated type
- Characters that lean, showing stress
- Science with endless botanical language upped indication of stress?
- Type inclined to show stress
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The straight part
We know that "indication of stress?" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case indication of stress? = italics.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 ITALICS mean?
ITALICS noun- A typeface in which the letters slant to the right.
- An oblique handwriting style, such as used by Italian calligraphers of the Renaissance.
- Letters in an italic typeface.