The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word THIRDS
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What does THIRDS mean?
THIRDS noun- The person or thing in the third position.
- One of three equal parts of a whole.
- The third gear of a gearbox.
- An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale.
- Third base
- A handicap of one stroke every third hole.
- A third-class degree, awarded to the lowest achievers in an honours degree programme
- One sixtieth of a second, i.e., the third in a series of fractional parts in a sexagesimal number system. Also formerly known as a tierce.
- To agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been seconded.
- To divide into three equal parts.