The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word AUNTS
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More clues leading to the result AUNTS
- Tuna swimming with small relations
- First off, discourages relatives
- Relatives found in usual places, commonly
- Unionist soldiers surrounding female family members
- Takes the Mickey out of timeless relatives
- Soldiers carrying uniform for family members
- Some of the family in Australia, including large part of it
- Eases relatives
- Relatives value notes being regularly sent off
- Relatives socially acceptable to be introduced to community workers
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "relations" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case relations = aunts.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does AUNTS mean?
AUNTS noun- The sister or sister-in-law of one’s parent.
- The female cousin of one’s parent.
- A woman of an older generation than oneself, especially a friend of one's parents, by means of fictive kin.
- Any elderly woman.
- A procuress or bawd.