Cryptic crossword clue
Third degree murder originally — then detain suspect 7

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

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What does MEDIANT mean?

MEDIANT noun
  1. The third degree of the diatonic scale.
  2. A rational number whose numerator is the sum of the numerators of two other given rational numbers and whose denominator is the sum of the denominators of those same two other rational numbers.

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