The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ERRATIC
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More clues leading to the result ERRATIC
- Capricious fellow concealing deserter
- Unreliable quote about a bishop coming over
- Not regular fried rice when there's rodent in it
- Unpredictable boy catching rodent
- Sort of rock Cartier fashioned
- Unusually rare twitching, lacking predictability
- Capricious sailor turning up in Morecambe, say
- Unreliable man, bad type at heart
- Unpredictable boy munching grass
- Capricious European kings, Greek by the sound of it
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The straight part
We know that "Capricious" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case capricious = erratic.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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What does ERRATIC mean?
ERRATIC noun- A rock moved from one location to another, usually by a glacier.
- Anything that has erratic characteristics.
- Unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent
- Deviating from normal opinions or actions; eccentric; odd.