The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word GUITARIST
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More clues leading to the result GUITARIST
- Axe-wielding man with hand round a neck?
- Distribute gratuities, ignoring European picker
- Musician with universal appeal, revolutionary artist in essence
- Gut clenching one gets close to terror – it’s a mad axeman!
- Musician has material for strings, including one form of sitar
- Marvin, eg, mixes sugar with it twice
- Traumatising, man lost terribly to a player
- Material for strings I included with sitar composition for player
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "Axe-wielding man with hand round a neck?" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case axe-wielding man with hand round a neck? = guitarist.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does GUITARIST mean?
GUITARIST noun- Someone who plays a guitar.