Cryptic crossword clue
Winding up, caught behind 7

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

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What does CLOSING mean?

CLOSING verb
  1. (physical) To remove a gap.
  2. (social) To finish, to terminate.
  3. To come or gather around; to enclose; to encompass; to confine.
  4. To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.
CLOSING noun
  1. The act by which something is closed.
  2. The end or conclusion of something.
  3. The final procedure in a house sale, when documents are signed and recorded.
  4. In morphology, the erosion of the dilation of a set.
CLOSING adjective
  1. Pertaining to the finish or ending of a series of events; occurring at the end or after all others.

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