The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word POLICEMAN
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More clues leading to the result POLICEMAN
- Law enforcer's plan of action endlessly upset celebrity
- Cop — male cop in complex
- Lockdown enforcer endlessly complained, unfortunately
- Constable’s first to portray new male icon
- What’s represented in male cop?
- Officer, male cop in complex
- Much of country retaining reserve militia primarily as law enforcer
- Menial cop turns into officer
- Copper mine — coal’s replaced copper
- Copper pot almost clean? I’m corrected
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The straight part
We know that "copper" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case copper = policeman.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does POLICEMAN mean?
POLICEMAN noun- One who enforces.
- The member of a group, especially of a gang, charged with keeping dissident members obedient.
- A player tasked with physically intimidating or confronting the opposition.
- A member of a police force, especially one who is male.
- A glass rod capped at one end with rubber, used in a chemistry laboratory for gravimetric analysis.
- Any skipper of the genus Coeliades.