The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word SATANIST
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More clues leading to the result SATANIST
- A saint corrupted, and saint becoming sinner?
- Who might be outraged at Saints?
- Wicked type perched and troubled saint
- Devil-worshipper transforms as saint beginning to tremble
- Devil-worshipper settled with saint, confusingly
- “I agree with Nick” man’s not special assistant, surprisingly
- It’s as designed — Brown trapped in ‘I agree with Nick’
- Devil-worshipper took a chair in front of confused saint
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The straight part
We know that "sinner" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case sinner = satanist.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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