The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word NADIR
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More clues leading to the result NADIR
- Deepest point in Mahanadi river
- Lowest point in Florida now receding
- Low section of arena — dirt-cheap
- Lowest point of rebellious playwright after female disappears
- The bottom drain is broken
- In London, a director’s lowest point
- She avoids Irish playwright reversing in the pits
- In outskirts of Namur, a detective’s lowest point
- Record low promotion among Northern Irish
- Northern Irish accepting a donation, originally for the pits
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The straight part
We know that "the pits" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case the pits = nadir.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does NADIR mean?
NADIR noun- The point of the celestial sphere, directly opposite the zenith; inferior pole of the horizon; point of the celestial sphere directly under the place of observation.
- The lowest point; time of greatest depression.
- The axis of a projected conical shadow; the direction of the force of gravity at a location; down.
- An empty box added beneath a full one in a beehive to give the colony more room to expand or store honey.
- To extend (a beehive) by adding an empty box at the base.