Cryptic crossword clue
Unusual bush elm makes appear small? 7

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word HUMBLES

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What does HUMBLES mean?

HUMBLES noun
  1. (Baltimore) An arrest based on weak evidence intended to demean or punish the subject.
HUMBLES verb
  1. To defeat or reduce the power, independence, or pride of
  2. To make humble or lowly; to make less proud or arrogant; to make meek and submissive.
HUMBLES noun
  1. A stag that has failed to grow antlers; a cow that has not developed horns.
  2. Especially in hummel corn: grain that lacks awns (beards or bristles), or has had its awns removed (barley, oats, etc.).
HUMBLES verb
  1. Of an animal: to remove the horns; to poll.
  2. To separate (barley, oats, etc.) from the awns.
HUMBLES noun
  1. Entrails of a deer.

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