The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word GATHERS
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result GATHERS
- Collects pistol belong to girl
- Meets to talk about the affair, ultimately
- Collects the rags for recycling
- Understands gun in possession of woman
- Collects the rags after sorting
- Understands, putting arms round the female
- Understands male animal turned to protect the female
- Understands and gets together
- Understands the woman’s after gun
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The straight part
We know that "Understands" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case understands = gathers.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does GATHERS mean?
GATHERS noun- A plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through it; a pucker.
- The inclination forward of the axle journals to keep the wheels from working outward.
- The soffit or under surface of the masonry required in gathering. See gather (transitive verb).
- A blob of molten glass collected on the end of a blowpipe.
- A gathering.
- To collect; normally separate things.
- To bring parts of a whole closer.
- To infer or conclude; to know from a different source.
- (of a boil or sore) To be filled with pus
- To collect molten glass on the end of a tool.
- To gain; to win.