Cryptic crossword clue
Ways in which setters are devious 7

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

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What does STREETS mean?

STREETS noun
  1. A paved part of road, usually in a village or a town.
  2. A road as above but including the sidewalks (pavements) and buildings.
  3. The people who live in such a road, as a neighborhood.
  4. The people who spend a great deal of time on the street in urban areas, especially, the young, the poor, the unemployed, and those engaged in illegal activities.
  5. An illicit or contraband source, especially of drugs.
  6. Streetwise slang.
  7. A great distance.
  8. Each of the three opportunities that players have to bet, after the flop, turn and river.
  9. Living in the streets.
  10. (urban toponymy) By restriction, the streets that run perpendicular to avenues.
STREETS verb
  1. To build or equip with streets.
  2. To eject; to throw onto the streets.
  3. (by extension) To heavily defeat.
  4. To go on sale.
  5. To proselytize in public.

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