The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word SPOILER
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result SPOILER
- One ruining device that lowers lift
- Pliers somehow gripping ring device assisting plane’s descent
- Airfoil which reveals plot
- Overindulgent type who gives the game away
- Destructive person causing flap
- Returning engineer flaps about nothing — one who says too much
- One line in translated prose, a giveaway of what’s to come
- One in senior nursing post is type who ruins things
- One who has wrecked aerodynamic device
- Disclosure of plot to overindulge head of state
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The straight part
We know that "Airfoil/which reveals plot" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case airfoil/which reveals plot = spoiler.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does SPOILER mean?
SPOILER noun- One who spoils; a plunderer; a pillager; a robber; a despoiler.
- One who corrupts, mars, or renders useless.
- A document, review or comment that discloses the ending or some key surprise or twist in a story, or the internal rules controlling the behaviour of a video game, etc.
- A device to reduce lift.
- A device to reduce lift and increase downforce
- An individual (or organisation etc.), unable to win themselves, who spoils the chances of another's victory.
- To mark (a document or message) with a spoiler warning, to prevent readers from accidentally learning details they would prefer not to know.
- To tell (a person) details of how a story ends etc.