The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word OVERTURNS
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result OVERTURNS
- Reverses through, then goes
- Rescinds remaining acts
- Upsets Open University, with grants being regularly cut
- Spills from open vessels
- Upsets remaining performers
- Six deliveries spin. Stokes is upset
- Upsets open containers
- Upsets open vessels
- Capsizes plain vessels full of tea, perhaps
- Spills open coffee containers
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What does OVERTURNS mean?
OVERTURNS verb- To turn over, capsize or upset.
- To overthrow or destroy.
- To reverse (a decision); to overrule or rescind.
- To diminish the significance of a previous defeat by winning; to make a comeback from.