The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word BARRISTER
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result BARRISTER
- Advocate increase, mostly to disrupt trade
- Brief exchange about teacher from the south
- Brief title recalled in trade
- Advocate of trade holding back title
- Advocate having street confined by blockade
- Lawyer may see obstruction placed across street
- Brief decoration put over time in part of staircase
- Advocate taking increase, mostly in exchange for something else
- Stone used in wall, say, in brief
- Good man in difficulty, legal sort
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The straight part
We know that "Advocate" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case advocate = barrister.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 BARRISTER mean?
BARRISTER noun- A lawyer with the right to speak and argue as an advocate in higher lawcourts.