The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word CAPTURE
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More clues leading to the result CAPTURE
- Catch a cold, turning up, then erupt furiously
- Take course of treatment to overcome fit
- Take suitable dry clothes
- Apprehension is likely during treatment
- Take on board French priest, suitable to be welcomed
- Apprehension as fitting in therapy
- Arrest Boatman on the river
- Get treatment, fit in
- Correct to skirt likely trap
- Take prisoner, prone, into preserve
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The straight part
We know that "Take" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case take = capture.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 CAPTURE mean?
CAPTURE noun- An act of capturing; a seizing by force or stratagem.
- The securing of an object of strife or desire, as by the power of some attraction.
- Something that has been captured; a captive.
- The recording or storage of something for later playback.
- A particular match found for a pattern in a text string.
- To take control of; to seize by force or stratagem.
- To store (as in sounds or image) for later revisitation.
- To reproduce convincingly.
- To remove or take control of an opponent’s piece in a game (e.g., chess, go, checkers).