Cryptic crossword clue
Some ephemera were less polished 5

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word RAWER

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What does RAWER mean?

RAWER adjective
  1. (of food) Not cooked.
  2. (of materials, products, etc.) Not treated or processed; in a natural state, unrefined, unprocessed.
  3. Having had the skin removed or abraded; chafed, tender; exposed, lacerated.
  4. New or inexperienced.
  5. Crude in quality; rough, uneven, unsophisticated.
  6. (of data) Uncorrected, without analysis.
  7. (of weather) Unpleasantly cold or damp.
  8. (of an emotion, personality, etc.) Unmasked, undisguised, strongly expressed
  9. Candid in a representation of unpleasant facts, conditions, etc.
  10. (of language) Unrefined, crude, or insensitive, especially with reference to sexual matters
  11. Not covered; bare; bald.

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