The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ABREAST
I've seen this crossword clue in The Sunday Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result ABREAST
- Wild bears in a forest at last, side by side
- A brute keeping right up to date
- American Satan devouring Republican alongside
- Shoulder to shoulder, as sailor takes his last bearing
- Sailors tear out side by side
- Familiar with area to the north of Bristol
- Rule circumvented by a copper keeping in line
- American brute keeping right up to date
- Side by side, last of four snatched by a monster
- Side by side sailor and cardinal point crossing river
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The straight part
We know that "Side by side" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case side by side = abreast.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does ABREAST mean?
ABREAST adjective- Side by side, facing forward.
- Alongside; parallel to.
- Informed, well-informed, familiar, acquainted.
- Up to a certain level or line; equally advanced
- Side by side; also, opposite; over against; on a line with the vessel's beam.
- Side by side and facing forward.
- Alongside; parallel to.
- Informed, well-informed, familiar, acquainted.
- Followed by of or with: up to a certain level or line; equally advanced.
- Side by side; also, opposite; on a line with the vessel's beam.
- At the same time; simultaneously.
- Abreast of; alongside.