The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word BOOKS
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What does BOOKS mean?
BOOKS noun- A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc.
- A long work fit for publication, typically prose, such as a novel or textbook, and typically published as such a bound collection of sheets, but now sometimes electronically as an e-book.
- A major division of a long work.
- A record of betting (from the use of a notebook to record what each person has bet).
- A convenient collection, in a form resembling a book, of small paper items for individual use.
- The script of a musical or opera.
- (usually in the plural) Records of the accounts of a business.
- A book award, a recognition for receiving the highest grade in a class (traditionally an actual book, but recently more likely a letter or certificate acknowledging the achievement).
- (whist) Six tricks taken by one side.
- Four of a kind
- A document, held by the referee, of the incidents happened in the game.
- (by extension) A list of all players who have been booked (received a warning) in a game.
- The twenty-sixth Lenormand card.
- Any source of instruction.
- To reserve (something) for future use.
- To write down, to register or record in a book or as in a book.
- (law enforcement) To record the name and other details of a suspected offender and the offence for later judicial action.
- To issue with a caution, usually a yellow card, or a red card if a yellow card has already been issued.
- To travel very fast.
- To record bets as bookmaker.
- (law student slang) To receive the highest grade in a class.
- To leave.