The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word TREND
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More clues leading to the result TREND
- Be likely to consume ultimate in hipster fashion
- Be inclined to adopt right fashion
- The way things are going, start regularly then finish
- Be likely to cross river in general direction
- Be inclined to accept start of recent craze
- Incline to accept latest piece of menswear fashion
- Tendency of Todd to shed occasional tear
- Be inclined to adopt summer’s latest fashion
- Fashion starts to turn ridiculous on purpose
- Right about demise of Vogue
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The straight part
We know that "The way things are going" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case the way things are going = trend.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 TREND mean?
TREND noun- An inclination in a particular direction.
- A tendency.
- A fad or fashion style.
- A line drawn on a graph that approximates the trend of a number of disparate points.
- The lower end of the shank of an anchor, being the same distance on the shank from the throat that the arm measures from the throat to the bill.
- The angle made by the line of a vessel's keel and the direction of the anchor cable, when she is swinging at anchor.
- To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend.
- To cause to turn; to bend.
- To be the subject of a trend; to be currently popular, relevant or interesting.
- Clean wool.
- To cleanse or clean (something, usually wool).