The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 plus 9 letter word ESCAPE MECHANISM
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More clues leading to the result ESCAPE MECHANISM
- Jumpy chap sees cinema matinee initially as way of avoiding reality
- Nice speech mama’s prepared – it may be needed 21?
- Means to go after key way to dodge reality
- Henry, in a specimen case, misapplied male psychological process
- In a specimen case, failing hospital initially missed psychological condition
- Chopped-up spam in mac with cheese as fall-back option?
- Impeachment case is lacking informant; extremely corrupt way to avoid facing up to the facts
- Broadcast mama's nice speech. Way to go!
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The straight part
We know that "Way to go!" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case way to go! = escape mechanism.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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