The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word ABIDES
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More clues leading to the result ABIDES
- Lives with sailor, facing day of doom?
- A book that is unfinished doesn’t come to an end
- Stands when straddling bidet, having wiped bottom?
- Tolerates biased rambling
- Among vast number retracted, offer stands
- Puts up with second-class, surrounded by assistants
- Sailor is catching case of dengue and survives
- Stomachs rejecting the main? Offer stuffing
- Sailor switches side and stays
- Boy, initially surrounded by assistants, puts up with it
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The straight part
We know that "Stands" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case stands = abides.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does ABIDES mean?
ABIDES verb- To endure without yielding; to withstand; await defiantly; to encounter; to persevere.
- To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with; stand.
- To pay for; to stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for; to atone for.
- To wait in expectation.
- To pause; to delay.
- To stay; to continue in a place; to remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to be left.
- To have one's abode; to dwell; to reside; to sojourn.
- To endure; to remain; to last.
- To stand ready for; to await for someone; watch for.
- To endure or undergo a hard trial or a task; to stand up under.
- To await submissively; accept without question; submit to.