The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word BOSWELL
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More clues leading to the result BOSWELL
- First half of book by fantastic writer
- Biographer’s book’s half excellent, Americans say
- Dr Johnson’s friend holding back cry, successfully
- Old boy turned up with wonderful biographer
- Smell deception involving Welsh diarist
- Author of a 23’s small intestine cramps(7]
- Body part for important person who produced 13 of 18
- Biographer of old boy, flipping plump!
- Niff given off by one bulging man of literature
- Love book about marvellous biographer
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "Biographer" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case biographer = boswell.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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