Cryptic crossword clue
Criminal clear about detective getting origin of root 7

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

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The straight part
We know that "origin of root" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case origin of root = radicle.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does RADICLE mean?

RADICLE noun
  1. (historical: 19th-century Britain) A member of the most progressive wing of the Liberal Party; someone favouring social reform (but generally stopping short of socialism).
  2. (historical: early 20th-century France) A member of an influential, centrist political party favouring moderate social reform, a republican constitution, and secular politics.
  3. A person with radical opinions.
  4. A root (of a number or quantity).
  5. In logographic writing systems such as the Chinese writing system, the portion of a character (if any) that provides an indication of its meaning, as opposed to phonetic.
  6. In Semitic languages, any one of the set of consonants (typically three) that make up a root.
  7. A group of atoms, joined by covalent bonds, that take part in reactions as a single unit.
  8. A free radical.
  9. (commutative algebra, of an ideal) Given an ideal I in a commutative ring R, another ideal, denoted Rad(I) or \sqrt{I}, such that an element x ∈ R is in Rad(I) if, for some positive integer n, xn ∈ I; equivalently, the intersection of all prime ideals containing I.
  10. (of a ring) Given a ring R, an ideal containing elements of R that share a property considered, in some sense, "not good".
  11. (of a module) The intersection of maximal submodules of a given module.
  12. The product of the distinct prime factors of a given positive integer.
RADICLE noun
  1. The rudimentary shoot of a plant which supports the cotyledons in the seed, and from which the root is developed downward; the root of the embryo.
  2. A rootlet.

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