Cryptic crossword clue
As old leaders of poverty hit and repressively armed oil nation in crisis 9

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word PHARAONIC

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What does PHARAONIC mean?

PHARAONIC adjective
  1. Of or pertaining to a pharaoh.
  2. Impressively large or luxurious.
  3. Tyrannical or brutally oppressive.
  4. Of or pertaining to infibulation as a means of female genital mutilation.

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