Cryptic crossword clue
Some horses eat grass, it’s said 5

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

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What does GREYS mean?

GREYS noun
  1. An achromatic colour intermediate between black and white.
  2. An animal or thing of grey colour, such as a horse, badger, or salmon.
  3. An extraterrestrial humanoid with greyish skin, bulbous black eyes, and an enlarged head.
GREYS verb
  1. To become grey.
  2. To cause to become grey.
  3. To turn progressively older, in the context of the population of a geographic region.
  4. To give a soft effect to (a photograph) by covering the negative while printing with a ground-glass plate.
GREYS noun
  1. Grey trousers and/or jackets worn by prisoners on relatively formal occasions.

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