The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 12 letter word INCONVENIENT
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More clues leading to the result INCONVENIENT
- Where religious person is sheltering knight? That is awkward
- Awkward name that is kept by popular religious community
- Girl almost entering where nuns may be found causing trouble
- Trendy religious community possessing name that is awkward
- Awkward naked fiend in popular religious establishment
- Where one finds nuns hiding knight? That is awkward
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The straight part
We know that "Awkward" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case awkward = inconvenient.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does INCONVENIENT mean?
INCONVENIENT noun- An inconsistency, an incongruity.
- An inconvenient circumstance or situation; an inconvenience.
- Not convenient