Cryptic crossword clue
Bringing about ten for a change and suffering 9

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

I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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The straight part
We know that "Bringing about" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case bringing about = entailing.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does ENTAILING mean?

ENTAILING verb
  1. To imply or require.
  2. To settle or fix inalienably on a person or thing, or on a person and his descendants or a certain line of descendants; -- said especially of an estate; to bestow as a heritage.
  3. To appoint hereditary possessor.
  4. To cut or carve in an ornamental way.

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