The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word TALENTS
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More clues leading to the result TALENTS
- Gifts, on being removed from stock, sent off
- 21 Stories involving National Trust gifts
- Storybooks and special gifts
- Soldiers with advanced special abilities
- Natural abilities needed to make drink for one in shades
- Lies about National Trust endowments
- Write stories about a book on special abilities
- Mr. Sharpton's under canvas singing and dancing?
- Gifts a Liberal put in shelters
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The straight part
We know that "abilities" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case abilities = talents.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 TALENTS mean?
TALENTS noun- A marked natural ability or skill.
- A unit of weight and money used in ancient times in Greece, the Roman Empire, and the Middle East.
- A desire or inclination for something.
- People of talent, viewed collectively; a talented person.
- The men or (especially) women of a place or area, judged by their attractiveness.