Cryptic crossword clue
Sunk as last month's stocks finally ran out 9

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word DESCENDED

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The straight part
We know that "Sunk" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case sunk = descended.
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 DESCENDED mean?

DESCENDED verb
  1. To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way, for example by falling, flowing, walking, climbing etc.
  2. To enter mentally; to retire.
  3. (with on or upon) To make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground; to come suddenly and with violence.
  4. To come down to a lower, less fortunate, humbler, less virtuous, or worse, state or rank; to lower or abase oneself
  5. To pass from the more general or important to the specific or less important matters to be considered.
  6. To come down, as from a source, original, or stock
  7. To be derived (from)
  8. To proceed by generation or by transmission; to happen by inheritance.
  9. To move toward the south, or to the southward.
  10. To fall in pitch; to pass from a higher to a lower tone.
  11. To go down upon or along; to pass from a higher to a lower part of

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