Cryptic crossword clue
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The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word FORTIES

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What does FORTIES mean?

FORTIES noun
  1. The decade of the 1840s, 1940s, etc.
  2. The decade of one's life from age 40 through age 49.
  3. (temperature, rates) The range between 40 and 49.
FORTIES adjective
  1. From or evoking the 41st through 50th years of a century (chiefly the 1940s).
FORTIES noun
  1. A bottle of beer containing forty fluid ounces.

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