The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 plus 5 letter word AGE GROUP
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More clues leading to the result AGE GROUP
- Swallowing drug, hassle at an end for peers
- Peers in time bother to hold end of debate up
- Trouble about Spain raised for a demarcated demographic?
- Cohort that gets on together
- Cohort mature twice, shedding weight
- A half-cut geek linked to Club 18-30?
- Peers say invested in a Greek publishing company
- Mature adult leaving with new teenagers?
- Cohort fighting on horseback around Spain
- Peers fall in one such category?
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "contemporaries" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case contemporaries = age group.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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