The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word PREDICATE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result PREDICATE
- Base where drink held up by head
- Imply some get a cider pack on way back
- Not a subject to knock back in Somerset: a cider press
- Imply the existence of power I created is crooked
- Assert that I raced pet foolishly
- Assert head accepts alcoholic drink being returned
- Establish command briefly, interrupting foolish talk
- Building up from a decrepit base
- Affirm boast about unfinished government order
- One gives information about the subject premise
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "Affirm" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case affirm = predicate.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 PREDICATE mean?
PREDICATE noun- (grammar) The part of the sentence (or clause) which states something about the subject or the object of the sentence.
- A term of a statement, where the statement may be true or false depending on whether the thing referred to by the values of the statement's variables has the property signified by that (predicative) term.
- An operator or function that returns either true or false.
- (grammar) Of or related to the predicate of a sentence or clause.
- Predicated, stated.
- Relating to or being any of a series of criminal acts upon which prosecution for racketeering may be predicated.
- To announce, assert, or proclaim publicly.
- To assume or suppose; to infer.
- (originally United States) to base (on); to assert on the grounds of.
- (grammar) To make a term (or expression) the predicate of a statement.
- To assert or state as an attribute or quality of something.