The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word DIVERSE
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More clues leading to the result DIVERSE
- Welshman recited poetry of all kinds
- Different people like Tom Daley to come to earth
- Various Olympians getting close to bronze
- Revised, therefore not the same
- Several English, assorted
- I had turned over poems of various kinds
- Various aquatic birds by far edge of lake
- Almost accomplished, lines varied
- Many frogmen are called…
- Every kind of works revised
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The straight part
We know that "Various" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case various = diverse.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 DIVERSE mean?
DIVERSE adjective- Consisting of many different elements; various.
- Different; dissimilar; distinct; not the same
- Capable of various forms; multiform.
- Composed of people with a variety of different demographic characteristics in terms of, for example, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, etc., and having a sizeable representation of people that are minorities in a given area.
- Belonging to a minority group.
- In different directions; diversely.