The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word AGAIN
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More clues leading to the result AGAIN
- Saga inevitably reduced in length once more
- Over cooker, alight
- Stone taken off instead of getting over
- Old commander elected for the second time?
- Maugham, oddly neglected, fashionable once more
- Article found in a trap on a further occasion
- Stove at home once more
- A trap pinches area on the other hand
- Beginning to anticipate win, once more
- Locally not in favour of protecting area once more
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The straight part
We know that "another time" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case another time = again.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 AGAIN mean?
AGAIN adverb- Another time; once more.
- Over and above a factor of one.
- Used metalinguistically, with the repetition being in the discussion, or in the linguistic or pragmatic context of the discussion, rather than in the subject of discussion.
- Back in the reverse direction, or to an original starting point.
- Back (to a former place or state).
- In return, as a reciprocal action; back.
- In any other place.
- On the other hand.
- Moreover; besides; further.
- (obsolete or dialectal) Against.