Cryptic crossword clue
Sweats over missing one and frets 5

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

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What does STEWS mean?

STEWS noun
  1. A cooking-dish used for boiling; a cauldron.
  2. A heated bath-room or steam-room; also, a hot bath.
  3. A brothel.
  4. A prostitute.
  5. A dish cooked by stewing.
  6. A pool in which fish are kept in preparation for eating; a stew pond.
  7. An artificial bed of oysters.
  8. A state of agitated excitement, worry, and/or confusion.
STEWS verb
  1. To cook (food) by slowly boiling or simmering.
  2. To brew (tea) for too long, so that the flavour becomes too strong.
  3. To suffer under uncomfortably hot conditions.
  4. To be in a state of elevated anxiety or anger.
STEWS noun
  1. A steward or stewardess on an airplane.
STEWS noun
  1. A brothel.

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