The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ASEPTIC
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result ASEPTIC
- Sterile space, it must be treated
- Clean and healthy account about start of month
- On the contrary, US spies take month to become clean
- Clean space, it has been tidied up
- When recording nervous symptom, be sterile
- Development in space, it is free of contamination
- Shaking off cold, one doubting being free of germs
- A month’s endless credit is sterile
- Sanitised account full of subtle spite
- Space — it could be germ-free
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The straight part
We know that "sterile" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case sterile = aseptic.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does ASEPTIC mean?
ASEPTIC adjective- Free of disease-causing microbes.
- Used to protect against infection by disease-causing microbes.
- (food industry) pasteurised.