Cryptic crossword clue
Collapse of architect 7

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word FOUNDER

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The straight part
We know that "Collapse/architect" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case collapse/architect = founder.
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 FOUNDER mean?

FOUNDER noun
  1. One who founds or establishes (especially said of a company, project, organisation, state)
  2. Someone for whose parents one has no data.
FOUNDER noun
  1. The iron worker in charge of the blast furnace and the smelting operation.
  2. One who casts metals in various forms; a caster.
FOUNDER noun
  1. A severe laminitis of a horse, caused by untreated internal inflammation in the hooves.
FOUNDER verb
  1. Of a ship, to fill with water and sink.
  2. To fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse.
  3. To fail; to miscarry.
  4. To cause to fill and sink, as a ship.
  5. To disable or lame (a horse) by causing internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or limbs.

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