The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 plus 3 letter word SMOKING GUN
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More clues leading to the result SMOKING GUN
- Preserving piece that constitutes incriminating evidence
- A report’s conclusive evidence?
- Preserving expert’s hard evidence
- One’s been recently fired for criminal activity?
- Incontrovertible evidence of bad habit shown by one on a shoot?
- Kim Jong Un’s Force for Justice doctored strong evidence
- Convincing evidence of air pollution head of state introduced before international forum
- Clear evidence that one’s just been fired?
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "Clear evidence" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case clear evidence = smoking gun.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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