The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word APPLIANCE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result APPLIANCE
- Device in Palace re-designed to restrict parking
- Device very quietly supersedes first learner in group
- Scotsman caught hacking into fruit machine?
- Truss, for example, in place contorted with pain
- IT company: one can supply parts for device
- Into something fruity, one getting ahead of the African party machine
- Atomic power in place, working machine
- With this gadget, I can mix in fruit
- Husband leaving chain rattling in fruit machine
- Fix pipe oddly making U-turn in great machine
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What does APPLIANCE mean?
APPLIANCE noun- An implement, an instrument or apparatus designed (or at least used) as a means to a specific end (often specified), especially:
- The act of applying.
- A means of eliminating or counteracting something undesirable, especially an illness.
- Willing service, willingness to act as someone wishes.