The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word WINTER
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More clues leading to the result WINTER
- Victory, with time short, in season
- Spend colder months in Krakow in terror
- Manage to secure short period in office when it’s cold
- Season some stew in terrine
- Season with continental football team . . . .
- It’s part of law in term time
- . Time of year to secure time in office? Not quite
- Victor half-heartedly bears temperature in the cold season
- Season with Italian club
- Season with berry, reportedly
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What does WINTER mean?
WINTER noun- Traditionally the fourth of the four seasons, typically regarded as being from December 23 to March 20 in continental regions of the Northern Hemisphere or the months of June, July and August in the Southern Hemisphere. It is the time when the sun is lowest in the sky, resulting in short days, and the time of year with the lowest atmospheric temperatures for the region.
- The period of decay, old age, death, or the like.
- Someone with dark skin, eyes and hair, seen as best suited to certain colors of clothing.
- An appliance to be fixed on the front of a grate, to keep a kettle warm, etc.
- To spend the winter (in a particular place).
- To store something (for instance animals) somewhere over winter to protect it from cold.