Cryptic crossword clue
Settles where Conservative is defeated 6

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word CLOSES

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What does CLOSES mean?

1. An end or conclusion.
2. The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
3. A grapple in wrestling.
4. The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.
5. A double bar marking the end.
6. (travel) The time when checkin staff will no longer accept passengers for a flight.

1. (physical) To remove a gap.
2. (social) To finish, to terminate.
3. To come or gather around; to enclose; to encompass; to confine.
4. To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.

1. (chiefly Yorkshire) An enclosed field.
2. (chiefly British) A street that ends in a dead end.
3. A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor.
4. The common staircase in a tenement.
5. A cathedral close.
6. The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not enclosed.

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