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The Clue
Pass on, as responsibilities (7 letter answer)
The Answer
DEVOLVE
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Notes
The answer DEVOLVE is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Definition
DEVOLVE as a verb:
1. pass on or delegate to another; "The representative devolved his duties to his aides while he was in the hospital"
2. (fall, return, pass, devolve) = be inherited by; "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead"
3. (devolve, deteriorate, drop, degenerate) = grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match"