The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word RECYCLE
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More clues leading to the result RECYCLE
- Save on eco-friendly transport
- Repeat of Crécy? Clearly, in part
- Creatively adapt touching series of songs?
- Secrecy clearly surrounding a way to combat consumerism?
- About to get bike and make into something new
- Send for treatment here, after he falls off bike
- What Greens do on bike
- Soldiers mounting revolution in attempt to save the world?
- What Greens will do about revolution?
- Revolution by engineers to be green
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The straight part
We know that "attempt to save the world?" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case attempt to save the world? = recycle.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does RECYCLE mean?
RECYCLE noun- An act of recycling.
- To break down and reuse component materials.
- To reuse as a whole.
- To collect or place in a bin for recycling.
- To be recycled.
- To discard into a recycling bin.