The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word RAFTERS
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result RAFTERS
- Beams, having last of bread-and-butter pudding
- Beams before sweet revenge starts
- Beams, having last bit of summer pudding
- They support people going via water
- Beams, seeing pudding following starter of risotto
- Beams, seeing post delivered in the outskirts of Ravenglass
- Dessert following recipe produces beams
- They are inclined to support overhead development
- Beams following in empty rays
- Right to have desserts – they’re on the house
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What does RAFTERS mean?
RAFTERS noun- One of a series of sloped beams that extend from the ridge or hip to the downslope perimeter or eave, designed to support the roof deck and its associated loads.
- A flock of turkeys.
- A raftsman.