The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word NEUTRON
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More clues leading to the result NEUTRON
- Rupture regularly found in noble gas particle
- Convict at last in cell, one not charged
- Tiny particle could make one turn queasy
- Convict finally put in cell that’s very small
- Particle new to Planck, and not recalled after brief time
- A bit of a nerve, pinching Juliet’s rear? One’s not charged
- Particle produces trigger initially in nerve cell
- Uncharged particle centrally sited within nerve cell
- Unreactive material producing temperature in brain cell
- News about diversion of route — no charge for it
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The straight part
We know that "Tiny particle" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case tiny particle = neutron.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does NEUTRON mean?
NEUTRON noun- A subatomic particle forming part of the nucleus of an atom and having no charge; it is a combination of an up quark and two down quarks.