The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word GANGSTERS
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More clues leading to the result GANGSTERS
- Good of Cockney woman to instil fear in criminals
- Golf with dread and hesitant sounds, seeing the roughs
- String ’em up brigade start to change, imprisoning street thugs
- Thugs bringing sense of foreboding into German society
- . Force town in France to harbour street robbers
- Strange weaves in edges of gowns and hoods
- Great anxiety, hearts skip facing criminals
- Criminals having empty guns in strange building
- Feeling of anxiety in Germany's Mafia?
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "Criminals" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case criminals = gangsters.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 GANGSTERS mean?
GANGSTERS noun- A member of a criminal or street gang.
- A member of a professional criminal organization; a racketeer.