The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word TAXONOMIST
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result TAXONOMIST
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- Charge about to subdue old film, one analysing the class system?
- Biologist has burden and motion’s tricky
- Biologist’s duty over, with nothing omitted, reportedly
- Linnaeus maybe wrong in principle – nothing to prevent one seeing clearly
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The straight part
We know that "Biologist" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case biologist = taxonomist.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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