The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ERRANDS
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result ERRANDS
- Limits restricting republican artist’s commissions
- Commissions whereby queen’s collecting money in S Africa
- In tasks goes wrong – and gets given detention
- Go wrong with special assignments
- Royal artist stops receiving messages
- Wanders around with shopping
- Unsettled wanderers — we going off for business trips?
- Makes a mistake describing joiner’s tasks
- Go wrong and start to spoil jobs
- Is wrong to take on further duties
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The straight part
We know that "shopping" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case shopping = errands.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 ERRANDS mean?
ERRANDS noun- A journey undertaken to accomplish some task.
- The purpose of such a journey.
- An oral message trusted to a person for delivery.
- To send someone on an errand.
- To go on an errand.