The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word CARPENTER
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More clues leading to the result CARPENTER
- Craftsman's moan: tenant has blocked off entrance
- Come in in pursuit of fish and chips
- Pop in with fish and chips
- Woodworker’s writing instrument pinched by carrier
- One carrying writer on board — one working on plane?
- Ex-president recruits writer who could assemble a cabinet?
- Chippy with fish written on board
- Go in after fish and chips
- Find fault with record wood expert revealed?
- Chips for Karen
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The straight part
We know that "chips" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case chips = carpenter.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does CARPENTER mean?
CARPENTER noun- A person skilled at carpentry, the trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings or other structures.
- A senior rating in ships responsible for all the woodwork onboard; in the days of sail, a warrant officer responsible for the hull, masts, spars and boats of a ship, and whose responsibility was to sound the well to see if the ship was making water.
- A two-wheeled carriage.
- A carpenter bee.
- A woodlouse.
- To work as a carpenter, cutting and joining timber.